Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information in wireless communication system

ABSTRACT

Provided are a method for a terminal transmitting uplink control information (UCI) through a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. A transmission power to be applied to the uplink control channel is determined on the basis of a value subordinate to a PUCCH format, and at least one type of UCI is transmitted from the physical uplink control channel by using the transmission power that is determined, wherein when the PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3, and the at least one type of UCI includes acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and periodic channel state information (CSI), the value subordinate to the PUCCH format is determined on the basis of the number of bits of the ACK/NACK and the number of bits of the periodic CSI.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/966,635, filed Apr. 30, 2018, currently pending, which is acontinuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/641,987, filed onJul. 5, 2017, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,730,199, which is a continuation Ser.No. 15/265,591, filed on Sep. 14, 2016, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,730,199,which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/374,209,filed on Jul. 23, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,467,984, which is theNational Stage filing under 35 U.S.C. 371 of International ApplicationNo. PCT/KR2013/000633, filed on Jan. 25, 2013, which claims the benefitof U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/591,281, filed on Jan. 27, 2012,61/635,828, filed on Apr. 19, 2012, 61/650,985, filed on May 23, 2012,61/668,428, filed on Jul. 5, 2012, and 61/678,620, filed on Aug. 1,2012, the contents of which are all hereby incorporated by referenceherein in their entirety.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to wireless communication, and moreparticularly, to a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplinkcontrol information in a wireless communication system.

Related Art

In a wideband wireless communication system, effective transmission andreception techniques and utilization measures have been proposed inorder to maximize efficiency of limited radio resources. One of systemsconsidered as a next-generation wireless communication system is anorthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system that canattenuate an inter-symbol interference (ISI) effect with low complexity.In the OFDM, a data symbol input in series is converted into N paralleldata symbols which are loaded on N separated subcarriers to betransmitted, respectively. The subcarriers maintain orthogonality inrespect of a frequency. Respective orthogonal channels undergoindependent frequency selective fading, and as a result, complexity in areceiver is decreased and an interval of transmitted symbols isincreased to minimize inter-symbol interference.

Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (hereinafter, referred toas OFDMA) represents a multiple access method that implements a multipleaccess by independently some of usable subcarriers to each user in asystem using the OFDM as a modulation scheme. The OFDMA providesfrequency resources such as the subcarriers to each user and therespective frequency resources are independently provided to a pluralityof users not to be overlapped with each other, in general. Consequently,the frequency resources are exclusively allocated for each user. In theOFDMA system, frequency diversity for multiple users may be acquiredthrough frequency selective scheduling and the subcarriers may beallocated in various patterns according to a permutation scheme for thesubcarriers. In addition, efficiency of a spatial area may be increasedby a space multiplexing technique using multiple antennas.

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology improves transmissionand reception efficiency of data by using multiple transmitting antennasand multiple receiving antennas. A technique for implementing diversityin an MIMO system includes a space frequency block code (SFBC), a spacetime block code (STBC), cyclic delay diversity (CDD), frequency switchedtransmit diversity (FSTD), time switched transmit diversity (TSTD),precoding vector switching (PVS), spatial multiplexing (SM), and thelike. An MIMO channel matrix depending on the number of receivingantennas and the number of transmitting antennas may be dissolved into aplurality of independent channels. The respective independent channelsare called layers or streams. The number of layers represents a rank.

Uplink control information (UCI) may be transmitted through a physicaluplink control channel (PCCH). The uplink control information mayinclude various types of information including a scheduling request(SR), an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) signal, achannel quality indicator (CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), arank indicator (RI), and the like. The PUCCH transports various types ofcontrol information according to a format.

In recent years, a carrier aggregation system attracts attention. Thecarrier aggregation system means a system that configures the wide bandby collecting one or more subcarriers having a smaller bandwidth than atarget wide band when the wireless communication system supports thewide band.

In the carrier aggregation system, a method for efficiently and reliablytransmitting various types of uplink control information is required. Inparticular, when the periodic CSI (for example, CQI) and the ACK/NACKare simultaneously transmitted in the same subframe, it may beproblematic by which scheme the transmission power is determined.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a method and an apparatus fortransmitting uplink control information in a wireless communicationsystem.

In one aspect, provided is a method for transmitting, by user equipment,uplink control information (UCI) through a physical uplink controlchannel (PUCCH) in a wireless communication system. The method includesthe steps of determining, based on a value subordinate to a PUCCH formatdivided according to a modulation scheme and the number of bits in asubframe, transmission power to be applied to an uplink control channelof the subframe; and transmitting at least one type of UCI at thedetermined transmission power in the uplink control channel,

wherein when the PUCCH format uses quadrature phase shift keying as themodulation scheme, the PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3 in which thenumber of bits transmitted in the subframe is 48 bits, and at least oneof UCI includes an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) andperiodic channels state information (CSI), the PUCCH format dependentvalue is determined based on the number of bits of the ACK/NACK and thenumber of bits of the periodic CSI.

In another aspect, provided is user equipment. The user equipmentincludes: a radio frequency (RF) unit transmitting or receiving a radiosignal; and a processor connected with the RF unit, wherein theprocessor determines, based on a value subordinate to a PUCCH formatdivided according to a modulation scheme and the number of bits in asubframe, transmission power to be applied to an uplink control channelof the subframe and transmits at least one type of UCI at the determinedtransmission power in the uplink control channel, and wherein when thePUCCH format uses quadrature phase shift keying as the modulationscheme, the PUCCH format is PUCCH format 3 in which the number of bitstransmitted in the subframe is 48 bits, and at least one of UCI includesan acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and periodic channelsstate information (CSI), the PUCCH format dependent value is determinedbased on the number of bits of the ACK/NACK and the number of bits ofthe periodic CSI.

When different types of uplink control information (UCI) needs to betransmitted in the same subframe, transmission power can be efficientlydetermined. In particular, when periodic CSI and an ACK/NACK aresimultaneously through a PUCCH, the transmission power is determined byconsidering the numbers of bits of the periodic CSI and the ACK/NACK,the UCI can be transmitted with reliability as compared with the relatedart.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a structure of a radio frame in 3GPP LTE.

FIG. 2 illustrates one example of a resource grid for one downlink slot.

FIG. 3 illustrates a structure of a downlink subframe.

FIG. 4 illustrates a structure of an uplink subframe.

FIG. 5 illustrates a comparative example of a single carrier system anda carrier aggregation system.

FIG. 6 illustrates a channel structure of a PUCCH format 2/2a/2b for oneslot in a normal CP.

FIG. 7 illustrates a PUCCH format 1a/1b for one slot in the normal CP.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example of constellation mapping of ACK/NACK inthe PUCCH format 2a/2ba in the normal CP.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of joint coding of ACK/NACK and a CQI inan extended CP.

FIG. 10 illustrates a method in which ACK/NACK and an SR aremultiplexed.

FIG. 11 illustrates constellation mapping when the ACK/NACK and the SRare simultaneously transmitted.

FIG. 12 illustrates an example in which channel-coded bits are mapped toa code-time-frequency resource.

FIG. 13 exemplifies a channel structure of PUCCH format 3.

FIG. 14 exemplifies a dual RM coding process.

FIG. 15 illustrates a UCI transmitting process through a PUCCH of userequipment.

FIG. 16 illustrates a method for determining transmission power for aPUCCH of user equipment according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a base station and userequipment in which the embodiment of the present invention isimplemented.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS

Technology described below may be used in various wireless communicationsystems including code division multiple access (CDMA), frequencydivision multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA),orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), singlecarrier-FDMA (SC-FDMA), and the like. The CDMA may be implemented byradio technology universal terrestrial radio access (UTRA) or CDMA2000.The TDMA may be implemented by radio technology such as Global Systemfor Mobile communications (GSM)/General Packet Radio Service(GPRS)/Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE). The OFDMA may beimplemented as radio technology such as IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16(WiMAX), IEEE 802-20, E-UTRA (Evolved UTRA), and the like. IEEE 802.16mas the evolution of IEEE 802.16e provides backward compatibility with asystem based on the IEEE 802.16e. The UTRA is a part of a universalmobile telecommunication system (UMTS). 3^(rd) generation partnershipproject (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) as a part of an evolved UMTS(E-UMTS) using evolved-UMTS terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) adopts theOFDMA in a downlink and the SC-FDMA in an uplink. LTE-advanced (A) is anevolution of the 3GPP LTE. The LTE/LTE-A is primarily described forclear description, but the spirit of the present invention is notlimited thereto.

The wireless communication system includes at least one base station(BS). Each base station provides a communication service to a specificgeographical region. User equipment (UE) may be fixed or movable and maybe called other terms such as a mobile station (MS), a mobile terminal(MT), a user terminal (UT), a subscriber station (SS), a wirelessdevice, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a wireless modem, a handhelddevice, and the like. The base station generally represents a fixedstation that communicates with a terminal, and may be called differentterms such as an evolved-NodeB (eNB), a base transceiver system (BTS),an access point, and the like.

The user equipment generally belongs to one cell and the cell to whichthe terminal belong is referred to as a serving cell. A base stationthat provides the communication service to the serving cell is referredto as a serving BS. The serving base station may provide one or aplurality of serving cells.

The technology may be used in a downlink or an uplink. In general, thedownlink means communication from the base station to the terminal andthe uplink means communication from the terminal to the base station.

Layers of a radio interface protocol between the terminal and the basestation may be divided into a first layer (L1), a second layer (L2), anda third layer (L3) based on three lower layers of an open systeminterconnection (OSI) model which is widely known in a communicationsystem.

A physical layer as the first layer is connected with a medium accesscontrol (MAC) layer which is a higher layer through a transport channeland data moves between the MAC layer and the physical layer through thetransport channel. In addition, data moves between different physicallayers, that is, between physical layers at a transmitter and a receiverthrough a physical channel.

A radio data link layer as the second layer is constituted by the MAClayer, an RLC layer, and a PDCP layer. The MAC layer as a layer thattakes charge of mapping a logic channel and the transport channelselects an appropriate transport channel in order to transmit datatransferred from the RLC layer and adds required control information toa header of an MAC protocol data unit (PDU).

The RLC layer is positioned on a layer upper than the MAC layer tosupport reliable transmission of data. Further, the RLC layer segmentsand concatenates RLC service data units (SDUs) transferred from thehigher layer in order to configure data having an appropriate sizesuitable for a radio interval. The RLC layer of a receiver supports areassembling function of data in order to restore an original RLC SDUfrom the received RLC PDUs.

The PDCP layer is used only in a packet exchange area and a header of anIP packet may be compressed and transmitted so as to increasetransmission efficiency of packet data in a radio channel.

The RRC layer as the third layer serves to control a lower layer andexchanges radio resource control information between the user equipmentand a network. Various RRC statuses including an idle mode an RRCconnected mode, and the like are defined according to a communicationstatus of the user equipment and transition between the RRC statuses ispossible as necessary. In the RRC layer, various procedures associatedwith radio resource management are defined, which include systeminformation broadcasting, an RRC access management procedure, a multiplecomponent carrier configuring procedure, a radio bearer controllingprocedure, a security procedure, a measurement procedure, a mobilitymanagement procedure (handover), and the like.

The wireless communication system may be any one of a multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) system, a multiple-input single-output (MISO)system, a single-input single-output (SISO) system, and a single-inputmultiple-output (SIMO) system. The MIMO system uses a plurality oftransmit antennas and a plurality of receive antennas. The MISO systemuses a plurality of antennas and one receive antenna. The SISO systemuses one antenna and one receive antenna. The SIMO system uses onetransmit antenna and one receive antenna. Hereinafter, the transmitantenna means a physical or logical antenna used to transmit one signalor stream and the receive antenna means a physical or logical antennaused to receive one signal or stream.

FIG. 1 illustrates a structure of a radio frame in 3GPP LTE.

This may refer to section 5 of 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)TS 36.211 V8.2.0 (2008-03) “Technical Specification Group Radio AccessNetwork; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physicalchannels and modulation (Release 8)”. Referring to FIG. 1, the radioframe is constituted by 10 subframes and one subframe is constituted by2 slots. Slots in the radio frame are numbered with slots numbers of #0to #19. A time required to transmit one subframe is referred to as atransmission time interval (TTI). The TTI may be a scheduling unit fordata transmission. For example, the length of one frame may be 10 ms,the length of one subframe may be 1 ms, and the length of one slot maybe 0.5 ms.

One slot includes a plurality of orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and includes a plurality ofsubcarriers in a frequency domain. Since the 3GPP LTE uses the OFDMA inthe downlink, the OFDM symbol is used to express one symbol period andmay be called other name according to a multiple access scheme. Forexample, when SC-FDMA is used as an uplink multiple access scheme, theOFDM symbol may be called an SC-FDMA symbol. A resource block (RB)includes a plurality of contiguous subcarriers in one slot as a resourceallocation unit. The structure of the radio frame is just one example.Accordingly, the number of subframes included in the radio frame, thenumber of slots included in the subframe, or the number of OFDM symbolsincluded in the slot may be variously changed.

The 3GPP LTE defines that one slot includes 7 OFDM symbols in a normalcyclic prefix (CP) and one slot includes 6 OFDM symbols in an extendedCP.

The wireless communication system may be generally divided into afrequency division duplex (FDD) scheme and a time division duplex (TDD)scheme. According to the FDD scheme, uplink transmission and downlinktransmission are performed while occupying different frequency bands.According to the TDD scheme, the uplink transmission and the downlinktransmission are performed at different timings while occupying the samefrequency band. A channel response of the TDD scheme is substantiallyreciprocal. This means that a downlink channel response and an uplinkchannel response are almost the same as each other in a given frequencydomain. Accordingly, in the wireless communication system based on theTDD, the downlink channel response may be acquired from the uplinkchannel response. In the TDD scheme, since an entire frequency band istime-divided into the uplink transmission and the downlink transmission,the downlink transmission by the base station and the uplinktransmission by the terminal may not simultaneously be performed. In theTDD system in which the uplink transmission and the downlinktransmission are divided by the unit of the subframe, the uplinktransmission and the downlink transmission are performed in differentsubframes. In the TDD scheme, the uplink subframe and the downlinksubframe coexist in one frame and the configuration is determined by anuplink-downlink configuration. The UL-DL configuration may refer toTable 4.2.2 of 3GPP TS 36.211 V10.0.0.

FIG. 2 illustrates one example of a resource grid for one downlink slot.

The downlink slot includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in the timedomain and includes N_(RB) resource blocks in the frequency domain. Thenumber N_(RB) of resource blocks included in the downlink slot issubordinate to a downlink bandwidth N^(DL) set in a cell. For example,in an LTE system, N_(RB) may be any one of 6 to 110. One resource blockincludes a plurality of subcarriers in the frequency domain. A structureof an uplink slot may also be the same as that of the downlink slot.

Each element on the resource grid is called a resource element (RE). Theresource element on the resource grid may be identified by a pair ofindexes (k,l) in the slot. Herein, k (k=0, . . . , N_(RB)×12−1)represents a subcarrier index in the frequency domain and 1 (1=0, . . ., 6) represents an OFDM symbol index in the time domain.

Herein, it is exemplarily described that one resource block isconstituted by 7 OFDM symbols in the time domain and 12 subcarriers inthe frequency domain and thus includes 7×12 resource elements, but thenumber of the OFDM symbols and the number of the subcarriers in theresource block are not limited thereto. The number of the OFDM symbolsand the number of the subcarriers may be variously changed depending onthe length of a CP, frequency spacing, and the like. For example, in thecase of a normal cyclic prefix (CP), the number of OFDM symbols is 7 andin the case of an extended cyclic prefix (CP), the number of OFDMsymbols is 6. As the number of subcarriers in one OFDM symbol, one maybe selected and used among 128, 256, 512, 1024, 1536, and 2048.

FIG. 3 illustrates a structure of a downlink subframe.

The downlink subframe includes two slots in the time domain and eachslot includes seven OFDM symbols in the normal CP. Preceding maximum 3OFDM symbols (maximum 4 OFDM symbols for a 1.4 Mhz bandwidth) of a firstslot in the subframe are a control region to which control channels areallocated and residual OFDM symbols become a data region to which aphysical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is allocated.

A PUCCH may transport resource allocation and a transmission format of adownlink-shared channel, resource allocation information of an uplinkshared channel, paging information on a PCH, system information on theDL-SCH, resource allocation of a higher layer control message such as arandom access response transmitted on the PDSCH, a set of transmissionpower control commands for individual UEs in a predetermined UE group,and activation of voice over Internet protocol (VoIP). A plurality ofPDCCHs may be transmitted in the control region and the terminal maymonitor the plurality of PDCCHs. The PDCCH is transmitted on aggregationof one or several contiguous control channel elements (CCEs). The CCE isa logical allocation unit used to provide to the PDCCH coding ratedepending on a state of a radio channel. The CCEs correspond to aplurality of resource element groups. A format of the PDCCH and the bitnumber of an available PDCCH are determined according to a correlationof the number of CCEs and the coding rate provided by the CCEs.

The base station determines the PDCCH format according to the downlinkcontrol information (DCI) to be sent to the user equipment and affixes acyclic redundancy check (CRC) to the control information. A uniqueidentifier (radio network temporary identifier (RNTI)) is masked on theCRC according to an owner or a purpose of the PDCCH. In the case of aPDCCH for a specific terminal, a unique identifier of the terminal, forexample, a cell (C)-RNTI may be masked on the CRC. Alternatively, in thecase of a PDCCH for a paging message, a paging indication identifier,for example, a paging (P)-RNTI may be masked on the CRC. In the case ofa PDCCH for a system information block (SIB), system information(SI)-RNTI may be masked on the CRC. A random access (RA)-RNTI may bemasked on the CRC in order to indicate the random access response whichis a response to transmission of a random access preamble of theterminal.

FIG. 4 illustrates a structure of an uplink subframe.

The uplink subframe may be divided into a control region and a dataregion in the frequency domain. The physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) for transmitting the uplink control information is allocated tothe control region. The physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) fortransmitting data is allocated to the data region.

When indicated in a higher layer, the terminal may support simultaneoustransmission of the PUSCH and the PUCCH.

A PUCCH for one terminal is allocated to a resource block pair in thesubframe. Resource blocks that belong to the resource block pair occupydifferent subcarriers in first and second slots, respectively. Afrequency occupied by the resource block that belongs to the resourceblock pair allocated to the PUCCH is changed based on a slot boundary.This means that the RB pair allocated to the PUCCH is frequency-hoppedon the slot boundary. The terminal transmits the uplink controlinformation through different subcarriers with time to acquire afrequency diversity gain.

The PUSCH is mapped to the uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) which is atransport channel. Uplink data transmitted on the PUSCH may be atransport block which is a data block for the UL-SCH transmitted duringthe TTI. The transport block may be user information. Alternatively, theuplink data, may be multiplexed data. The multiplexed data may beacquired by multiplexing the transport block for the UL-SCH and theuplink control information (UCI). For example, the uplink controlinformation multiplexed to data may include a channel quality indicator(CQI), a precoding matrix indicator (PMI), hybrid automatic repeatrequest acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK/NACK) (may berepresented as HARQ-ACK or simply represented by A/N), a rank indicator(RI), and the like. Alternatively, the uplink data May be constituted byonly the uplink control information.

Meanwhile, the wireless communication system may support carrieraggregation (CA). Herein, the carrier aggregation means collecting aplurality of carriers having a small bandwidth to configure a wide band.The carrier aggregation system means a system that configures the wideband by collecting one or more subcarriers having a smaller bandwidththan a target wide band when the wireless communication system supportsthe wide band.

FIG. 5 illustrates a comparative example of a single carrier system anda carrier aggregation system.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the single carrier system, only one carrier maybe supported to the terminal through the uplink and the downlink. Abandwidth of the carrier may be diversified, but one carrier isallocated to the terminal. On the contrary, in the carrier aggregationsystem, a plurality of component carriers (CCs) may be allocated to theuser equipment. For example, three 20 MHz component carriers may beallocated to allocate a bandwidth of 60 MHz to the terminal. Thecomponent carrier includes a downlink component carrier (DL CC) and anuplink (UL) CC.

The carrier aggregation system may be divided into a contiguous carrieraggregation system in which respective carriers are contiguous and anon-contiguous carrier aggregation system in which the respectivecarriers are separated from each other. When hereinafter, the carrieraggregation system is simply referred to as the carrier aggregationsystem, it should be understood that the carrier aggregation systemincludes both the contiguous carrier aggregation system in which therespective component carriers are contiguous and the non-contiguouscarrier aggregation system in which the respective component carriersare not contiguous.

Component carriers as targets when one or more component carriers arecollected may just use a bandwidth used in the existing system forbackward compatibility with the existing system. For example, a 3GPP LTEsystem supports bandwidths of 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz, and20 MHz and a 3GPP LTE-A system may configure a wide band of 20 MHz ormore by using only the bandwidths of the 3GPP LTE system. Alternatively,the wideband may be configured by defining a new bandwidth without usingthe bandwidth of the existing system as it is.

A system frequency band of the wireless communication system is dividedinto a plurality of carrier frequencies. Herein, the carrier frequencymeans a center frequency of a cell. Hereinafter, the cell may mean adownlink frequency resource and an uplink frequency resource.Alternatively, the cell may mean a combination the downlink frequencyresource and an optional uplink frequency resource. Further, in general,when the carrier aggregation (CA) is not considered, the uplink anddownlink frequency resources may continuously exist as a pair in onecell.

In order to transmit and receive packet data through a specific cell,the terminal should first complete a configuration for the specificcell. Herein, the configuration means a state in which receiving systeminformation required to transmit and receive data to the correspondingcell is completed. For example, the configuration may include a wholeprocess of receiving common physical layer parameters required totransmit and receive data, MAC layer parameters, or parameters requiredfor a specific operation in an RRC layer. When a cell of which aconfiguration is completed receives only information to transmit thepacket data, the cell is in a state in which a packet can be immediatelytransmitted and received.

The cell of which the configuration is completed may exist in anactivation state or a deactivation state. Herein, the activationrepresents that data is transmitted or received or the cell is in aready state. The terminal may monitor or receive the control channel(PDCCH) and the data channel (PDSCH) of the activated cell in order toverify resources (may be the frequency, the time, and the like)allocated thereto.

The deactivation represents that it is impossible to transmit or receivetraffic data or measurement or minimum information can betransmitted/received. The terminal may receive system information (SI)required to receive the packet from the deactivated cell. On thecontrary, the terminal does not monitor or receive the control channel(PDCCH) and the data channel (PDSCH) of the deactivated cell in order toverify the resources (may be the frequency, the time, and the like)allocated thereto.

The cell may be divided into a primary cell (PCell), a secondary cell(SCell), and a serving cell.

The primary cell means a cell that operates at a primary frequency andmeans a cell in which the terminal performs an initial connectionestablishment procedure or a connection reestablishment procedure withthe base station or a cell indicated the primary cell during a handoverprocedure.

The secondary cell means a cell that operates at a secondary frequencyand once RRC establishment is settled, the secondary cell is configuredand is used to provide an additional radio resource.

The serving cell is configured as the primary cell when the terminal isa terminal in which the CA is not configured or the CA cannot beprovided. When the CA is configured, a term called the serving cell isused to represent a set constituted by the primary cell and one or aplurality of cells or all secondary cells.

That is, the primary cell represents one serving cell that provides asecurity input and NAS mobility information in an RRC establishment orre-establishment state. According to capabilities of the user equipment,at least one cell may be configured to form a set of serving cellstogether with the primary cell and the at least one cell is referred toas the second cell.

Accordingly, the serving cell configured for one terminal may beconstituted by only one primary cell or may be constituted by oneprimary cell and at least one secondary cell and a plurality of servingcells may be configured for the terminal.

A primary component carrier (PCC) means a CC corresponding to theprimary cell. The PCC is a CC in which the terminal is initiallyconnected or RRC-connected with the base station among several CCs. ThePCC is a special CC that takes charge of connection or RRC connectionfor signaling regarding a plurality of CCs and manages UE contextinformation which is establishment information associated with theterminal. Further, the PCC is connected with the terminal and the PCC isin an RRC connected mode, the PCC continuously exists in the activationstate.

A second component carrier (SCC) means a CC corresponding to the secondcell. That is, the SCC is a CC allocated to the terminal except for thePCC and the SCC is an extended carrier for additional resourceallocation, or the like and the SCC may be in the activated state or thedeactivated state.

A downlink component carrier corresponding to the primary cell isreferred to as a downlink primary component carrier (DL PCC) and anuplink component carrier corresponding to the primary cell is referredto as an uplink primary component carrier (UL PCC). Further, in thedownlink, a component carrier corresponding to the secondary cell isreferred to as a downlink secondary component carrier (DL SCC) and inthe uplink, a component carrier corresponding to the secondary cell isreferred to as an uplink secondary component carrier (UL SCC).

The primary cell and the secondary cell have the following features.

First, the primary cell is used for transmission of the PUCCH.

Second, the primary cell is continuously activated, while the secondarycell is a carrier activated/deactivated according to a specificcondition.

Third, when the primary cell undergoes a radio link failure(hereinafter, referred to as RLF), the RRC re-establishment istriggered, but when the secondary cell undergoes the RLF, the RRCre-establishment is not triggered.

Fourth, the primary cell may be changed by changing a security key or ahandover procedure accompanied with a random access channel (RACH).

Fifth, non-access stratum (NAS) information is received through theprimary cell.

Sixth, in the primary cell, the DL PCC and the UL PCC are continuouslyconstituted as a pair.

Seventh, different component carriers CCs may be configured as theprimary cell in respective terminals.

Eighth, procedures of reconfiguration, adding, and removal of theprimary cell may be performed by the RRC layer. In adding a newsecondary cell, RRC signaling may be used to transmit system informationof a dedicated secondary cell.

The downlink component carrier may constitute one serving cell, and thedownlink component carrier and the uplink Component carrier areestablished to constitute one serving cell. However, the serving cell isnot constituted by only one uplink component carrier.

Activation/deactivation of the component carrier is equivalent to, thatis, a concept of activation/deactivation of the serving cell. Forexample, assumed that serving cell 1 is constituted by DL CCI,activation of serving cell 1 means activation of DL CCI. Assumed thatserving cell 2 is constituted by establishing DL CC2 and UL CC2,activation of serving cell 2 means activation of DL CC2 and UL CC2. Inthe Meantime, each component carrier may correspond to the cell.

The numbers of component carriers aggregated between the downlink andthe uplink may be set to be different from each other. A case in whichthe number of the downlink component carriers and the number of uplinkcomponent carriers are the same as each other is referred to assymmetric aggregation and a case in which the numbers are different fromeach other is referred to as asymmetric aggregation. Further, the sizes(that is, bandwidths) of the component carriers may be different fromeach other. For example, when it is assumed that five component carriersare used to configure a 70 MHz-band, the 70 MHz-band may be constitutedby 5 MHz component carrier (earlier #0), 20 MHz component carrier(carrier #1), 20 MHz component carrier (carrier #2), 20 MHz componentcarrier (carrier #3), and 5 MHz component carrier (carrier #4).

As described above, the carrier aggregation system may support aplurality of component carriers (CCs) unlike the single carrier system.That is, one terminal may receive a plurality of PDSCHs through aplurality of DL CCs. Further, the terminal may transmit an ACK/NACK forthe plurality of PDSCH through one UL CC, for example, UL PCC. That is,in the single carrier system in the related art, since only one PDSCH isreceived in one subframe, maximum two pieces of HARQ. ACK/NACK(hereinafter, abbreviated as ACK/NACK for easy description) were justtransmitted. However, in the carrier aggregation system, since theACK/NACK for the plurality of PDSCHs may be transmitted through one ULCC, an ACK/NACK transmitting method therefor is required.

The terminal may monitor the PDCCH in the plurality of DL CCs andreceive a downlink transport block simultaneously through the pluralityof DL CCs. The user equipment may transmit a plurality of uplinktransport blocks simultaneously through a plurality of UL CCs.

In the multiple carrier system, two methods for CC scheduling can beprovided.

The first method is that a PDCCH-PDSCH pair is, transmitted in one CC.The CC is referred to as self-scheduling. Further, this means that theUL CC through which the PUSCH is transmitted means becomes a CC linkedto the DL CC through which the corresponding PDSCCH is transmitted. Thatis, in the PDCCH, the PDSCH resource is allocated on the same CC or thePUSCH resource is allocated on the linked UL CC.

The second method is that the DL CC through which the PDSCH istransmitted or the UL CC through which the PUSCH is transmitted isdetermined regardless of the DL CC through which the PDCCH istransmitted. That is, the PDCCH and the PDSCH are transmitted indifferent DL CCs or the PUSCH is transmitted through the UL CC notlinked with the DL CC through which the PDCCH is transmitted. This isreferred to as cross-carrier scheduling. The CC through which the PDCCHis transmitted is referred to as a PDCCH carrier, a monitoring carrier,or a scheduling carrier or the CC through which the PDSCH/PUSCH istransmitted is referred to as a PDSCH/PUSCH carrier or a scheduledcarrier.

Hereinafter, the existing PUCCH formats will be described.

The PUCCH transports various types of control information according to aformat. PUCCH format 1 transports a scheduling request (SR). In thiscase, an on-off keying (OOK) scheme may be applied. PUCCH format 1atransports an acknowledgement/non-acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) modulated bya binary phase shift keying (BPSK) scheme one codeword. PUCCH format 1btransports an ACK/NACK modulated by a quadrature phase shift keying(QPSK) scheme for two codewords. PUCCH format 2 transports a channelquality indicator (CQI) modulated by the QPSK scheme. PUCCH formats 2aand 2b transport the CQI and the ACK/NACK.

The PUCCH format may be divided according to the modulation scheme andthe number of bits in the subframe. Table 1 illustrates a modulationscheme according to the PUCCH format and the number of bits in thesubframe.

TABLE 1 PUCCH Number of bits format Modulation scheme per subframe,M_(bit) 1 N/A N/A 1a BPSK 1 1b QPSK 2 2 QPSK 20 2a QPSK + BPSK 21 2bQPSK + QPSK 22 3 QPSK 48

FIG. 6 illustrates a channel structure of a PUCCH format 2/2a/2b for oneslot in a normal CP. As described above, the PUCCH format 2/2a/2b isused to transmit the CQI.

Referring to FIG. 6, SC-FDMA symbols 1 and 5 are used for a demodulationreference symbol (DM RS) which is an uplink reference signal in thenormal CP. In the extended CP, SC-FDMA symbol 3 is used for the DM RS.

10 CQI information bits are channel-coded at for example, ½ rate tobecome 20 coded bits. A Reed-Muller (RM) code may be used in the channelcoding. In addition, the information bits are scrambled (similarly asPUSCH data being scrambled with a gold sequence having a length of 31)and thereafter, QPSK constellation mapped, and as a result, a QPSKmodulation symbol is generated (d₀ to d₄ in slot 0). Each QPSKmodulation symbol is modulated by a cyclic shift of a basic RS sequencehaving a length of 12 and OFDM-modulated and thereafter, transmitted ineach of 10 SC-FDMA symbols in the subframe. 12 uniformly separatedperiodic shifts allow 12 different user equipment to be orthogonallymultiplexed in the same PUCCH resource block. As a DM RS sequenceapplied to the SC-FDMA symbols 1 and 5, the basic RS sequence having thelength of 12 may be used.

FIG. 7 illustrates a PUCCH format 1a/1b for one slot in the normal CP.The uplink reference signal is transmitted in 3^(rd) to 5^(th) SC-FDMAsymbols. In FIG. 7, w₀, w₁, w₂, and w₃ may be modulated in the timedomain after inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) modulation or in thefrequency domain before the IFFT modulation.

In the LTE, the ACK/NACK and the CQI may be simultaneously in the samesubframe and may not be permitted to be simultaneously transmitted. Inthis case, the ACK/NACK is an ACK/NACK for a single cell. When theACK/NACK and the CQI are not permitted to be simultaneously transmitted,the user equipment may need to transmit the ACK/NACK in a PUCCH of asubframe in which CQI feedback is configured. In this case, the CQI isdropped and only the ACK/NACK is transmitted through the PUCCH format1a/1b.

The simultaneous transmission of the ACK/NACK and the CQI in the samesubframe may be configured through user equipment-specific higher layer(RRC) signaling. For example, whether the ACK/NACK and the CQI may besimultaneously transmitted in the same subframe may be configured by aparameter ‘simultaneousAckNackAndCQI’ included in the radio resourcecontrol (RRC) message. That is, when ‘simultaneousAckNackAndCQI’ is set‘TRUE’, the simultaneous transmission may be permitted when‘simultaneousAckNackAndCQI’ is set as ‘FALSE’, the simultaneoustransmission may not be permitted. When the simultaneous transmission isavailable, the CQI and 1-bit or 2-bit ACK/NACK information may bemultiplexed to the same PUCCH resource block in a subframe in which abase station scheduler permits the simultaneous transmission of the CQIand the ACK/NACK. In this case, it is necessary to maintain a singlecarrier characteristic having low cubic metric (CM). The normal CP andthe extended CP are different from each other in a method formultiplexing the CQI and the ACK/NACK while maintaining the singlecarrier characteristic.

First, when the 1-bit or 2-bit ACK/NACK and the CQI are togethertransmitted through the PUCCH format 2a/2b in the normal CP, ACK/NACKbits are not scrambled, but BPSK (in the case of 1 bit)/QPSK (in thecase of 2 bits)-modulated to become one ACK/NACK demodulated symbol(d_(HARQ)). The ACK is encoded by a binary ‘1’ and the NACK is encodedby a binary ‘0’. One ACK/NACK demodulated symbol (d_(HARQ)) is used tomodulate a second RS symbol in each slot. That is, the ACK/NACK issignaled by using the RS.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example of constellation mapping of ACK/NACK inthe PUCCH format 2a/2ba in the normal CP.

Referring to FIG. 8, the NACK (NACK and NACK in the case of transmittingtwo downlink codewords) is mapped to +1. In discontinuous transmission(DTX) meaning a case in which the user equipment fails to detect adownlink grant in the PDCCH, neither the ACK nor the NACK is transmittedand in this case, a default NACK is configured. The DTX is analyzed asthe NACK and causes downlink retransmission.

Next, in the extended CP in which one RS symbol per slot is used, the 1or 2-bit ACK/HACK is joint-coded with the CQI.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of joint coding of ACK/NACK and a CQI inan extended CP.

Referring to FIG. 9, the maximum bit number of information bitssupported by an RM code may be 13. In this case, CQI information bitsK_(cqi) may be 11 bits and ACK/NACK information bits K_(ACK/NACK) may be2 bits. The CQI information bits and the ACK/NACK information bits areconcatenated to generate a bit stream and thereafter, channel-coded bythe RM code. In this case, it is expressed that the CQI information bitsand the ACK/NACK information bits are joint-coded. That is, the CQIinformation bits and the ACK/NACK information bits are joint-coded tobecome 20 coded bits. A 20-bit codeword generated through such a processis transmitted in the PUCCH format 2 having the channel structure(different from FIG. 6 in that one RS symbol is used per slot in thecase of the extended CP) described in FIG. 6.

In the LTE, the ACK/NACK and the SR are multiplexed to be simultaneouslytransmitted through the PUCCH format 1a/1b.

FIG. 10 illustrates a method in which ACK/NACK and an SR aremultiplexed.

Referring to FIG. 10, when the ACK/NACK and the SR are simultaneouslytransmitted in the same subframe, the user equipment transmits theACK/NACK in an allocated SR resource and in this case, the ACK/NACKmeans a positive SR. When receiving the positive SR, the base stationmay know that the user equipment requests scheduling. Further, the userequipment may transmit the ACK/NACK in an allocated ACK/NACK resourceand the ACK/NACK means a negative SR. That is, the base station mayidentify whether the SR is the positive SR or the negative SR as well asthe ACK/NACK through which resource the ACK/NACK being transmitted inthe subframe in which the ACK/NACK and the SR are simultaneouslytransmitted.

FIG. 11 illustrates constellation mapping when the ACK/NACK and the SRare simultaneously transmitted.

Referring to FIG. 11, the DTX/NACK and the positive SR are mapped to +1of a constellation map and the ACK is mapped to −1. The constellationmap may show a, phase of a signal.

Meanwhile, in the LTE TDD system, the user equipment may feed back tothe base station a plurality of ACKs/NACKs for a plurality of PDSCHs.The reason is that the user equipment may receive the plurality ofPDSCHs in a plurality of subframes and transmit the ACKs/NACKs for theplurality of PDSCH in one subframe. In this case, two types of ACK/NACKtransmitting methods are provided.

The first method is ACK/NACK bundling. In the ACK/NACK bundling,ACK/NACK bits for a plurality of data units are coupled through alogical AND operation. For example, when the user equipment successfullydecodes all of the plurality of data units, the user equipment transmitsonly one ACK bit. On the contrary, when the user equipment fails todecode or detect even any one of the plurality of data units, the userequipment transmits the NACK bit or transmit no NACK bit.

Bundling includes spatial bundling, bundling in the time domain, andbundling in the frequency domain, and the like. The spatial bundling isa technique that compresses an A/N for each codeword at the time ofreceiving a plurality of codewords in one PDSCH. The bundling in thetime domain is a technique that compresses As/Ns for data units receivedin different subframes. The bundling in the frequency domain is atechnique that compresses As/Ns for data units received in differentcells (that is, CCs).

The second method is ACK/NACK multiplexing. In the ACK/NACK multiplexingmethod, contents or meanings of the ACKs/NACKs for the plurality of dataunits may be identified by combinations of PUCCH resources and QPSKmodulated symbols used for actual ACK/NACK transmission. This is alsocalled channel selection. The channel selection may be called PUCCH1a/1b channel selection according to the used PUCCH.

For example, it is assumed that maximum two data unit may be transmittedand one PUCCH resource may transport 2 bits. In this case, it is assumedthat an HARQ operation for each data unit may be managed by one ACK/NACKbit. In this case, the ACK/NACK may be identified in a transmission node(for example, the base station) that transmits the data unit as shown ina table given below.

TABLE 2 HARQ-ACK(0), HARQ-ACK(1) n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH) b(0),b(1) ACK, ACK n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,1) 1, 1 ACK, NACK/DTX n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,0) 0, 1 NACK/DTX, ACK n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,1) 0, 0 NAC.K/DTX, NACK n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1) 1, 0 NACK, DTX n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,0) 1, 0 DTX, DTX N/A N/A

In Table 2, HARQ-ACK(i) indicates an ACK/NACK result data unit i. In theexample, two data units of data unit 0 and data unit 1 may be provided.In Table 2, the DTX means that the data unit for the correspondingHARQ-ACK(i) is not transmitted. Alternatively, the DTX means that thereceiver (for example, the user equipment) is not capable of detectingthe data unit for the HARQ-ACK(i). n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,X) indicates the PUCCHresource used for the actual transmission of the ACK/NACK and maximumtwo PUCCH resources are provided. That is, two PUCCH resources are n⁽¹⁾_(PUCCH,0) and n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1). b(0) and b(1) represent 2 bitstransferred by a selected PUCCH resource. A modulated symbol transmittedthrough the PUCCH resource is determined according to b(0) and b(1).

For example, if the receiver successfully receives and decodes two dataunits, the receiver needs to transmit two bits (b(0), b(1)) as (1,1) byusing the PUCCH resource n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1). As another example, it isassumed that the receiver receives two data units to fail to decode afirst data unit and succeed in decoding a second data unit. In thiscase, the receiver needs to transmit (0, 0) by using n⁽¹⁾ _(PUCCH,1).

As described above, the ACKs/NACKs for the plurality of data units maybe transmitted by using a single PUCCH resource by a method for linkingthe content (or meaning) of the ACK/NACK with a combination of a PUCCHresource and a content of an actual bit transmitted in the correspondingPUCCH resource.

In the ACK/NACK multiplexing method, if at least one ACK exists for alldata units, the NACK and the DTX is displayed as a couple such as theNACK/DTX. The reason is that it is short to cover all ACK/NACKcombinations by distinguishing the NACK and the DTX by only acombination of the PUCCH resource and the QPSK symbol.

In the ACK/NACK bundling or ACK/NACK multiplexing method, the totalnumber of PDSCHs as targets transmitted by the user equipment isimportant. When the user equipment is not capable of receiving somePDCCHs among a plurality of PDCCHs to schedule a plurality of PDSCHs, anerror occurs in the total number of the PDSCHs as the targets of theACK/NACK, and as a result, a wrong ACK/NACK may be transmitted. In orderto solve the error, a downlink assignment index (DAI) is transmittedwith being included in the PDCCH in the TDD system. The DAI indicates acounting value by counting the number of the PDCCHs to schedule thePDCCH.

Hereinafter, an uplink channel coding method for the PUCCH format 2 willbe described.

Table 3 given below shows one example of a (20, A) RM code used forchannel coding of the PUCCH format 2. Herein, A may represent the bitnumber (that is, K_(cqi)+K_(ACK/NACK)) of the bit stream in which theCQI information bits and the ACK/NACK information bits are concatenated.When the bit stream is, the bit stream may be used as an input of achannel coding block using the (20, A) RM code.

TABLE 3 i M_(i,0) M_(i,1) M_(i,2) M_(i,3) M_(i,4) M_(i,5) M_(i,6)M_(i,7) M_(i,8) M_(i,9) M_(i,10) M_(i,11) M_(i,12) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 11 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 00 1 0 1 1 1 1 9 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 111 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 12 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 1 1 1 1 14 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 15 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 116 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 17 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 18 1 1 0 1 1 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

A bit stream channel-coded by the RM code, b₀, b₁, b₂, . . . , b_(B-1)may be generated as shown in Equation 1 given below.

$\begin{matrix}{b_{i} = {\sum\limits_{n = 0}^{A - 1}{\left( {a_{n} \cdot M_{i,n}} \right){mod}\mspace{14mu} 2}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equation given above, i=0, 1, 2, . . . , B−1 and B=20.

Channel-coded bits are mapped to the code-time-frequency resource.

FIG. 12 illustrates an example in which channel-coded bits are mapped toa code-time-frequency resource.

Referring to FIG. 12, first 10 bits and last 10 bits among 20 bits whichare channel-coded are mapped to different code-time-frequency resourcesand in particular, first 10 bits and last 10 bits are largely separatedand transmitted in in the frequency domain for frequency diversity.

Hereinafter, one example of an uplink channel coding method in LTE-Awill be described.

As described above, in the LTE, when the UCI is transmitted in the PUCCHformat 2, a CSI of maximum 13 bits is RM-coded through the (20, A) RMcode of Table 3. On the contrary, when the UCI is transmitted throughthe PUSCH, a CQI of maximum 11 bits is RM-coded through a (32, A) RMcode of Table 4 given below and truncated or circularly repeated inorder to match code rate to be transmitted in the PUSCH.

TABLE 4 i M_(i,0) M_(i,1) M_(i,2) M_(i,3) M_(i,4) M_(i,5) M_(i,6)M_(i,7) M_(i,8) M_(i,9) M_(i,10) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 00 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 01 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 01 1 0 1 8 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 9 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 10 1 0 1 0 0 1 11 0 1 1 11 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 12 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 13 1 1 0 1 0 10 1 0 1 1 14 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 15 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 16 1 1 1 0 11 1 0 0 1 0 17 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 1 0 0 00 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 21 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22 1 0 00 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 23 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 24 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 25 1 10 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 26 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 27 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 28 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 29 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 30 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 311 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Meanwhile, in the LTE-A, PUCCH format 3 is introduced in order totransmit a UCI (the ACK/NACK and the SR) of maximum 21 bits (representthe bit number before channel coding as information bits and maximum 22bits when the SR is included). PUCCH format 3 uses QPSK as themodulation scheme and the number of bits transmittable in the subframeis 48 bits (this is the number of bits transmitted after the informationbit is channel-coded.

The PUCCH format 3 performs block spreading based transmission. That is,a modulated symbol sequence that modulates a multi-bit ACK/NACK by usinga block spreading code is spread and thereafter, transmitted in the timedomain.

FIG. 13 exemplifies a channel structure of PUCCH format 3.

Referring to FIG. 13, the block spreading code is applied to a modulatedsymbol sequence {d1, d2, . . . } to be spread in the time domain. Theblock spreading code may be an orthogonal cover code (OCC). Herein, themodulated symbol sequence may be a sequence of the modulated symbols inwhich the ACK/NACK information bits which are multiple bits arechannel-coded (using the RM code, a TBCC, a punctured RM code, and thelike) to generate ACK/NACK coded bits and the ACK/NACK coded bits aremodulated (for example, QPSK-modulated). The sequence of the modulatedsymbols is mapped to data symbols of the slot through fast Fouriertransform (FFT) and inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) andthereafter, transmitted. FIG. 13 exemplifies a case in which two RSsymbols exist in one slot, but three RS symbols may exist and in thiscase, a block spreading code having a length of 4 may be used.

In the PUCCH format 3, 48 channel-coded bits may be transmitted in thenormal CP. When UCI bits (information bits) are 11 bits or less, the(32, A) RM code of Table 4 is used and circular repetition is used tomatch the coded bit number of the PUCCH format 3. As shown in Table 4,since the (32, A) RM code just has 11 basis sequences, when the UCI bitsare more than 11 bits, dual RM coding using two (32, A) RM codes isperformed.

FIG. 14 exemplifies a dual RM coding process.

Referring to FIG. 14, when a UCI bit stream (information bits) is morethan 11 bits, a bit stream (referred to as a segment) segmented throughsegmentation is generated. In this case, each of segment 1 and segment 2becomes 11 bits or less. The segments 1 and 2 are interleaved orconcatenated through the (32, A) RM code. Thereafter, the UCI bit streamis truncated or circularly repeated in order to match the coded bitnumber of the PUCCH format 3.

[Method for Transmitting Channel Status Information in WirelessCommunication System]

A modulation and coding scheme (MCS) and transmission power arecontrolled according to a given channel by using link adaptation inorder to maximally use a channel capacity given in the wirelesscommunication system. In order to the base station to perform the linkadaptation, feedback of channel status information of the user equipmentis required.

1. Channel Status Information (CSI)

Feedback of channel information is required for efficient communication,and in general, downlink channel information is transmitted through theuplink and uplink channel information is transmitted through thedownlink. Channel information representing a status of a channel isreferred to as the channel status information and the channel statusinformation includes a precoding matrix index (PMI), a rank indicator(RI), a channel quality indicator (CQI), and the like.

2. Downlink Transmission Mode.

The downlink transmission mode may be divided into 9 modes to bedescribed below.

Transmission mode 1: Single antenna pod, port 0

Transmission mode 2: Transmit diversity

Transmission mode 3: Open loop spatial multiplexing The transmissionmode 3 is an open loop mode in which rank adaptation is available basedon RI feedback. When a rank is 1, the transmit diversity may be applied.When the rank is larger than 1, a large delay CDD may be used.

Transmission mode 4: Closed loop spatial multiplexing or transmitdiversity

Transmission mode 5: Transmit diversity or multi-user MIMO

Transmission mode 6: Transmit diversity or closed loop spatialmultiplexing having a single transmission layer

Transmission mode 7: If the number of physical broadcast channel (PBCH)antenna ports is 1, a single antenna port (port 0) is used and if not,the transmit diversity is used. Alternatively, single antennatransmission (port 5)

Transmission mode 8: If the number of PBCH antenna ports is 1, thesingle antenna port (port 0) is used and if not, the transmit diversityis used. Alternatively, dual layer transmission using antenna ports 7and 8 or single antenna port transmission using port 7 or 8.

Transmission mode 9: Transmission of maximum 8 layers (ports 7 to 14).

In the case of not a multicast-broadcast single frequency network(MBSFN) subframe, if the number of PBCH antenna ports is 1, the singleantenna port (port 0) is used and if not, the transmit diversity isused.

In the case of the MBSFN subframe, single antenna port transmission(port 7).

3. Periodic Transmission of CSI.

The CSI may be transmitted through the PUCCH periodically according to acycle determined in the higher layer. The user equipment may besemistatically by a higher layer signal so as to periodically feed backa differential CSI (CQI, PMI, RI) through the PUCCH. In this case, theuser equipment transmits the corresponding CSI according to modesdefined as shown in a table given below.

TABLE 5 PMI Feedback Type No PMI Single PMI PUCCH CQI Wideband Mode 1-0Mode 1-1 Feedback Type (wideband COI) UE Selected Mode 2-0 Mode 2-1(subband COI)

A periodic CSI reporting mode in the PUCCH described below is supportedfor each of the aforementioned transmission modes.

TABLE 6 Transmission mode PUCCH CSI reporting modes Transmission mode 1Modes 1-0, 2-0 Transmission mode 2 Modes 1-0, 2-0 Transmission mode 3Modes 1-0, 2-0 Transmission mode 4 Modes 1-1, 2-1 Transmission mode 5Modes 1-1, 2-1 Transmission mode 6 Modes 1-1, 2-1 Transmission mode 7Modes 1-0, 2-0 Transmission mode 8 When PMI/RI reporting is set formodes 1-1 and 2-1 user equipments; When PMI/RI reporting is not set formodes 1-0 and 2-0 user equipments Transmission mode 9 When PMI/RIreporting is set for the modes 1-1 and 2-1 user equipments and thenumber of CSI-RS ports is larger than 1. When PMI/RI reporting is notset for the modes 1-0 and 2-0 user equipments or the number of CSI-RSports is 1

Meanwhile, a collision of the CSI report represents a case in which asubframe configured to transmit a first CSI and a subframe configured totransmit a second CSI are the same as each other. When the collision ofthe CSI report occurs, the first CSI and the second CSI aresimultaneously transmitted or transmission of a CSI having a lowpriority is abandoned (this will be referred to as drop) and a CSIhaving a high priority may be transmitted according to priorities of thefirst CSI and the second CSI.

The CSI report through the PUCCH may include various report typesaccording to a transmission combination of the CQI, the PMI, and the RIand a cycle and an offset value divided according to each report type(hereinafter, abbreviated as a type) are supported.

Type 1: Supports CQI feedback for a subband selected by the userequipment.

Type 1a: Supports subband CQI and second PMI feedback.

Types 2, 2b, and 2c: Supports wideband CQI and PMI feedback.

Type 2a: Supports the wideband PMI feedback.

Type 3: Supports RI feedback.

Type 4: Transmits the wideband CQI.

Type 5: Supports RI and wideband PMI feedback.

Type 6: Supports RI and PTI feedback.

For each serving cell, N_(pd) which is a subframe-unit cycle and anoffset N_(offset,CQI) are determined based on a parameter‘cqi-pmi-ConfigIndex’ (I_(CQI/PMI)) for CQI/PMI reporting. Further, foreach serving cell, period M_(RI) and a relative offset N_(offset,RI) aredetermined based on a parameter ‘ri-ConfigIndex’ (I_(RI)) for RIreporting. ‘cqi-pmi-ConfigIndex’ and ‘ri-ConfigIndex’ are set by thehigher layer signal such as the RRC message. The relative offsetN_(offset,RI) for the RI has a value in a set {0, −1, . . . ,−(N_(pd)−1)}.

A subframe in which the user equipment reports the CSI is referred to asa CSI subframe and a CSI subframe set constituted by a plurality of CSIsubframes may be configured for the user equipment. If reporting isconfigured in two or more CSI subframe sets for the user equipment,‘cqi-pmi-ConfigIndex’ and ‘ri-ConfigIndex’ corresponding to therespective CSI subframe sets are given. For example, when CSI reportingis configured in two CSI subframe sets, ‘cqi-pmi-ConfigIndex’ and‘ri-ConfigIndex’ are for a first CSI subframe set and‘cqi-pmi-ConfigIndex2’ and ‘ri-ConfigIndex2’ are for a second CSIsubframe set.

When a CSI report which CSI type 3, 5, or 6 for one serving cell and aCSI report which is CSI type 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 4 for one servingcell collide with each other, the CSI report which is the CSI type 1,1a, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c, or 4 has a low priority and is dropped.

When two or more serving cells are configured for the user equipment,the user equipment performs only CSI reporting for only one serving cellin a given subframe. The CSI report which is the CSI type 3, 5, 6, or 2aof a first cell and the CSI report which is the CSI type 1, 1a, 2, 2a,2b, 2c, or 4 of a second cell may collide with each other in the givensubframe. In this case, the CSI report which is the CSI type 1, 1a, 2,2a, 2b, 2c, or 4 has the low priority and is dropped.

A CSI report which is CSI type 2, 2b, 2c, or 4 of the first cell and aCSI report which is CSI type 1 or 1a of the second cell may collide witheach other in the given subframe. In this case, the CSI report which isthe CSI type 1 or 1a has the low priority and is dropped. The first celland the second cell are different cells.

CSI type CSI reports having the same priority in different serving cellsmay collide with each other in the given subframe. In this case, a CSIof a serving cell having the lowest serving cell index (ServCellIndex)is reported and CSIs of all other serving cells are dropped.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described.

FIG. 15 illustrates a UCI transmitting process through a PUCCH of userequipment.

Referring to FIG. 15, a base station configures a PUCCH format for userequipment (S100). The PUCCH format may be, for example, PUCCH format 3.

The base station transmits a reference signal and data to the userequipment (S110). The user equipment generates UCI and determinestransmission power (S120). For example, the user equipment generatesperiodic CSI by using the reference signal and decodes data to generateACK/NACK according to succeeding in receiving the data.

The user equipment transmits the UCI to the base station by theconfigured PUCCH format and the determined transmission power (S130).The UCI may vary for each subframe and a collision situation in whichthe periodic CSI and the ACK/NACK are transmitted in the same subframe.

<Power Control for PUCCH>

In the existing LTE-A, the following power control method is used forefficiently transmitting the PUCCH.

If serving cell c is a primary cell, P_(PUCCH), transmission power fortransmitting the PUCCH is defined as illustrated in an equation givenbelow.

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{PUCCH}(i)} = {\min\begin{Bmatrix}{{P_{{CMAX},c}(i)},} \\{P_{0\_\;{PUCCH}} + {PL}_{c} + {h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{NARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} + {\Delta_{F\;\_\;{PUCCH}}(F)} + {\Delta_{TxD}\left( F^{\prime} \right)} + {g(i)}}\end{Bmatrix}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 2} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

[dBm]

If the user equipment does not transmit the PUCCH in the primary cell,the user equipment assumes P_(PUCCH), the transmission power fortransmitting the PUCCH in subframe i as illustrated in an equation givebelow, in order to accumulate TPC commands received in DCI format 3/3A.P _(PUCCH)(i)=min{P _(CMAX,c)(i),P _(0_PUCCH) +PL _(c)+g(i)}[dBm]  Equation 3

In the equation, P_(CMAX,c) (i) represents the transmission power of theuser equipment configured for serving cell c in subframe i.

Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) represents a parameter given as a higher layer signal.Each Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) value is a value relatively given for PUCCH format(F) based on PUCCH format 1a. F may be 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 2a, 2b, or 3.

If the user equipment is configured by a higher layer so as to transmitthe PUCCH through two antenna ports, a value of Δ_(TxD) (F′) is given bythe higher layer and if not, Δ_(TxD) (F′)=0.

h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) is a PUCCH format dependent value andn_(CQI) corresponds to the number of information bits of CQI. Ifsubframe i is configured for an SR for user equipment having notransport block for the UL-SCH, n_(SR) is 1 and if not, n_(SR) is 0. Ifone serving cell is configured for the user equipment, n_(HARQ)represents the number of A/N bits transmitted in subframe i and if not,n_(HARQ) is defined in Clause 10.1 of “3GPP TS 36.213 V10, EvolvedUniversal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical layer procedures(Release 10)”.

That is, in FDD, when two serving cells are configured for the userequipment and PUCCH format 1b channel selection is configured or two ormore serving cells are configured for the user equipment and PUCCHformat 3 is configured, n_(HARQ) is determined as illustrated in anequation give below.

$\begin{matrix}{n_{HARQ} = {\sum\limits_{c = 0}^{N_{cells}^{DL} - 1}N_{c}^{received}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 4} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In the equation, N^(DL) _(cells) represents the number of configuredcells and N^(received) _(c) represents the number of transport blocks orSPS release PDCCHs received in subframe n-4 of serving cell c.

In TDD, when 1) two serving cells are configured for the user equipmentand the PUCCH format 1b channel selection is configured or 2) UL-DLconfiguration 0 is configured for the user equipment and PUCCH format 3is configured, n_(HARQ) is determined as illustrated in an equationgiven below

$\begin{matrix}{n_{HARQ} = {\sum\limits_{c = 0}^{N_{cells}^{DL} - 1}{\sum\limits_{k \in K}N_{k,c}^{received}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 5} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equation 5 given below, N^(received) _(k,c) represents the number oftransport blocks or SPS release PDCCHs-received in subframe n-4 ofserving cell c. k∈K, and K is defined Table 10.1.3.1-1 of 3GPP TS36.213. V10, Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA);physical layer procedures (Release 10) and is a set constituted by Melements; that is, {k₀, k₁, . . . , k_(M-1)} (hereinafter, the same asabove).

When PUCCH format 3 is configured for TDD UL-DL configurations 1 to 6,or two serving cells are configured, PUCCH format 1b channel selectionis configured and M=2 in the TDD, n_(HARQ) is determined as illustratedin an equation give below.

$\begin{matrix}{n_{HARQ} = {\sum\limits_{c = 0}^{N_{cells}^{DL} - 1}\left( {{\left( {\left( {V_{{DAI},c}^{DL} - U_{{DAI},c}} \right){mod}\mspace{11mu} 4} \right) \cdot n_{c}^{ACK}} + {\sum\limits_{k \in K}N_{k,c}^{received}}} \right)}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 6} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equation 6 given above, V^(DL) _(DAI,c) represents V^(DL) _(DAI) inserving cell c. U_(DAI,c) represents U_(DAI) in serving cell c. n^(ACK)_(c) represents the number of HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to a downlinktransmission mode configured in serving cell c. When spatial HARQ-ACKbundling is applied to serving cell c, n^(ACK) _(c)=1 and N^(received)_(k,c) represents the number of PDSCHs received with no correspondingPDCCH or PDCCHs received in subframe n-k of serving cell c.

When the spatial HARQ-ACK bundling is not applied to serving cell c,N^(received) _(k,c) represents the number of transport blocks or SPSrelease PDCCHs received in subframe n-k of serving cell c.

If the transport block or the SPS release PDCCH is not detected insubframe n-k, V^(DL) _(DAI,c) is 0.

In the case where the PUCCH format 1b channel selection is configuredand M=3 or 4 in the TDD in which two serving cells are configured, ifthe user equipment receives the PDSCH or the PDCCH (SPS release PDCCH)for indicating downlink SPS release only in subframe n-k of one servingcell, n_(HARQ) is 2 and if not, n_(HARQ) is 4.

For PUCCH formats 1, 1a, and 1b, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR))=0.

For the PUCCH format 1b channel selection, if: two or more serving cellsare configured for the user equipment; h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ),n_(SR))=(n_(HARQ)−1)/2 and if not, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR))=0.

For PUCCH formats 2, 2a, and 2b and a normal CP, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ),n_(SR)) is illustrated by an equation given below.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{10{\log_{10}\left( \frac{n_{CQI}}{4} \right)}} & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} n_{CQI}} \geq 4} \\0 & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 7} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

For PUCCH formats 2, 2a, and 2b and an extended CP, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ),n_(SR)) is illustrated by an equation given below.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{10{\log_{10}\left( \frac{n_{CQI} + n_{HARQ}}{4} \right)}} & {{{{if}\mspace{14mu} n_{CQI}} + n_{HARQ}} \geq 4} \\0 & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 8} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

For PUCCH format 3, if the user equipment is configured to transmit thePUCCH through two antenna ports by the higher layer or the userequipment transmits HARQ-ACK/SR more than 11 bits, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ),n_(SR)) is illustrated by an equation given below.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} - 1}{3}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 9} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

If not, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) is illustrated by an equation givenbelow.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} - 1}{2}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 10} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

P_(O_PUCCH) represents a parameter configured by the sum of parametersP_(O_NOMINAL_PUCCH) and P_(O_UE_PUCCH) provided by the higher layer.

δ_(pucch) represents a user equipment specific correction value, and isassociated with a TPC command transmitted within being joint-coded withother user equipment specific PUCCH correction value in a PDCCHincluding DCI format 1A/1B/1D/1/2A/2/2B/2C for the primary cell and aPDCCH including DCI format 3/3A in which CRC parity bits are scrambledby a TPC-PUCCH-RNTI.

The user equipment attempts to decode the TPC-PUCCH-RNTI in allsubframes other than a DRX and attempts to decode one or a plurality ofPDCCHs having DCI format 1A/1B/1D/1/2A/2/2B/2C by a C-RNTI or SPSC-RNTI.

If the user equipment decodes the PDCCH including DCI format1A/1B/1D/1/2A/2/2B/2C for the primary cell, a corresponding detectedRNTI is the same as the C-RNTI or SPS C-RNTI, and a TPC field includedin the DCI format is not used to determine a PUCCH resource, the userequipment uses δ_(pucch) provided in the PDCCH.

Otherwise, if the user equipment decodes the PDCCH including DCI format3/3A, the user equipment uses δ_(pucch) provided in the PDCCH and ifnot, δ_(pucch) is set to 0 dB.

g(i) represents a current PUCCH power control adjustment state and g(0)is a first value after resetting. g(i) may be expressed as an equationgiven below.

$\begin{matrix}{{g(i)} = {{g\left( {i - 1} \right)} + {\sum\limits_{m = 0}^{M - 1}{\delta_{PUCCH}\left( {i - k_{m}} \right)}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 11} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In the FDD, M=1 and k₀=4.

In the TDD, M represents the number of DL subframes corresponding to oneUL subframe and k_(m) represents a subframe corresponding to therelevant UL subframe, that is, subframe n-k_(m).

A value of δ_(pucch) signaled through the PDCCH having DCI format1A/1B/1D/1/2A/2/2B/2C is given by Table 7.

TABLE 7 TPC Command Field in DCI format 1A/1B/1D/1/2A/2B/2C/2/3δ_(PUCCH) [dB] 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 2

If the PDCCH having DCI format 1/1A/2/2A/2B/2C is authenticated as anSPS activated PDCCH or the PDCCH having DCI format 1A is authenticatedas the SPS activated PDCCH, δ_(pucch) becomes 0 dB.

A value of δ_(pucch) signaled through the PDCCH having DCI format 3/3Ais given as Table 7 or Table 8. Which one of Tables 7 and 8 is to beused is semistatically set by the higher layer.

TABLE 8 TPC Command Field in DCI format 3A δ_(PUCCH) [dB] 0 −1 1 1

If a value of P_(O_UE_PUCCH) is changed by the higher layer, g(0)=0 andif not, g(0) is given as Equation. 12.g(0)=ΔP _(rampup)+δ_(msg2)  [Equation 12]

In FIG. 12 given above, δ_(msg2) represents a TPC command indicated in arandom access response and ΔP_(rampup) represents a total power increasefrom a first preamble to a last preamble provided by the higher layer.

If the user equipment reaches P_(CMAX,c)(i) for the primary cell,positive TPC commands for the primary cell are not accumulated.

If the user equipment reaches minimum power, negative TPC commands arenot accumulated.

The user equipment resets accumulation 1) when the value ofP_(O_UE_PUCCH) is changed by the higher layer and 2) when a randomaccess response message is received.

If subframe I is not the uplink subframe in the TDD, g(i)=g(i−1).

In LTE Rel-8, periodic CQI transmission is configured in a subframewithout PUSCH transmission, and the periodic CQI transmission and HARQACK/NACK (A/N) (may be represented as HARQ-ACK, ACK/NACK) transmissionmay collide with each other. In this case, if simultaneous transmissionof the A/N and the periodic CQI is configured to be possible, the A/N ismultiplexed by using a scheme of modulating a phase of a secondreference signal symbol of PUCCH format 2 in which the periodic CQI istransmitted.

In LTE-A, transmission of a plurality of A/Ns for PDSCHs or PDCCHs of aplurality of cells may be requested in one subframe and if the PUSCH isnot transmitted in the subframe, a method that multiplexes the CSI andthe A/N and transmits the multiplexed CSI and A/N is required through aUL control channel (that is, PUCCH).

Meanwhile, in LTE-A Rel-10, PUCCH format 3 which is a new PUCCH formatis introduced for a case of transmitting the A/Ns for the PDSCHs/PDCCHsof the plurality of cells, but PUCCH Format 3 is used for onlytransmission of the A/Ns for the PDSCHs/PDCCHs of the plurality of cellsand when A/N transmission and CSI transmission for the PDSCHs/PDCCHs ofthe plurality of cells collide with each other, the CSI is dropped.

However, in order to reduce performance deterioration by a frequent CSIdrop in future release (that is, LTE-A Rel-11 or more), simultaneoustransmission of the A/N and the CSI (for a plurality of downlink cells)for the PDSCHs/PDCCHs of the plurality of cells to one uplink controlchannel (e.g., PUCCH format 3) is considered.

The present invention proposes a power control method of the uplinkcontrol channel depending on a UCI configuration and the bit number whenthe periodic CSI and the A/N (and/or SR) are multiplexed, and as aresult, simultaneous transmission of the periodic CSI and the A/N to thesame uplink control channel is configured.

Hereinafter, the CSI may be limited to the periodic CSI other thanaperiodic CSI. Further, hereinafter, using RM coding in a channel codingscheme is exemplified for easy description, but it is apparent thatother coding schemes may be applied. In addition, when a plurality of RMcoding operations are used, dual RM in which two RM coding blocks areused is exemplified, but even when two or more RM coding blocks areused, the present invention may be extensively applied. Further, PUCCHformat 3 is exemplified as a UL channel in which coded controlinformation is transmitted, but the present invention is not limitedthereto and the present invention may be applied to a case in whichcontrol information is transmitted through PUCCH format 3, the PUSCH,and the like to reduce a spreading factor.

UCIs transmitted through the uplink include the A/N, the SR, the CSI,and the like, and in general, a transmission priority/throughputrequirement of an A/N that directly influences a downlink (DL) systemthroughput and an SR that requests scheduling of a UL data channel foruplink data transmission is set to be high and a transmissionpriority/throughput requirement of the CSI is set to be low. Forexample, allowable reception error rate of the A/N is set to 10⁻³, whileallowable reception error rate is known as 10⁻¹.

Further, the UCIs transmitted in the PUCCH format are separately codedfor each UCI and respective coded bits are rate-matched to betransmitted with being mapped to the PUCCH format. Alternatively, allUCIs are joint-coded and the coded bits are thus rate-matched to betransmitted with being mapped to the PUCCH format.

$\begin{matrix}{{P_{PUCCH}(i)} = {\min\begin{Bmatrix}{{P_{{CMAX},c}(i)},} \\{P_{0\_\;{PUCCH}} + {PL}_{c} + {h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{NARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} + {\Delta_{F\;\_\;{PUCCH}}(F)} + {\Delta_{TxD}\left( F^{\prime} \right)} + {g(i)}}\end{Bmatrix}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 13} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

As described above, Equation 13 is an equation to determine thetransmission power in the PUCCH, and h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) is aPUCCH format dependent value and determined according to the number ofbits of UCI transmitted in a corresponding format.

Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) configured in the existing PUCCH format 3 may be appliedin the joint coding, and Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) configured in a modified formatof PUCCH format 3 or a new PUCCH format (for example, PUCCH format 4)may be applied in individual coding.

A method for configuring h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) is described. Foreasy description, hereinafter, input UCI before coding in an encoder isrepresented by UCI raw and output UCI generated as a result of coding isrepresented by UCI_coded.

A. Power control method depending on UCI having the highest prioritywhen all UCI is joint-coded and transmitted.

When joint-coding is to be used for UCI transmission, it is not easy tocontrol error rate for each type of UCI_raw in decoding at a receiver.In particular, it is not easy to control the error rate in cases otherthan the UCI_raw is preprocessed (for example, the UCI having a highpriority is preencoded). Therefore, although an error requirementcondition of the CSI is low, the transmission power may be up-controlledso as to meet the same error requirement as the A/N (alternatively, SR).

That, is, when various types of UCI (A/N, SR, CQI, and the like) havingdifferent priorities are joint-coded and transmitted, the powertransmission may be configured according to the UCI (A/N and/or SR)having the high priority. When the transmission power is expressed by anequation, the transmission power may be represented by Equation 14.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + n_{CQI} - 1}{3}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 14} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + n_{CQI} - 1}{2}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 15} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

When PUCCH format 3 is applied, Equation 14 represents) h(n_(CQI),n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) when a total sum of the A/N, the SR, and the CSI islarger than 11 (in the case of the dual RM coding) and Equation 15represents other case h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)). That is, the numberof payload bits of the CSI may be included and applied into a powertransmission equation when only the existing A/N (+SR) is to betransmitted. Herein, the CSI is transmitted through a single antennaport and transmission diversity to a plurality of antenna ports isapplied, the transmission power may be separately defined.

That is, since the periodic CSI is dropped when the ACK/NACKs for theplurality of cells and the periodic CSI collide with each other in thesame subframe, in PUCCI format 3 in the related art, Equations 9 and 10described above may be used for determining the transmission power ofthe PUCC. However, after LTE-A release 11, when multiplexing andtransmitting the ACK/NACKs for the plurality of cells and the periodicCSI in the same subframe may be supported. Accordingly, it may benecessary to determine the transmission power of the PUCCH by Equations14 and 15 instead of Equations 9 and 10 described above.

FIG. 16 illustrates a method for determining transmission power for aPUCCH of user equipment according to an embodiment of the presentinvention.

The user equipment determines the transmission power to be applied tothe PUCCH based on the PUCCH format dependent value (S121). The PUCCHformat may be divided into PUCCH formats 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 2a, 2b, and 3according to the modulation scheme and the number of bits transmitted inthe subframe. The PUCCH format dependent value may be h(n_(CQI),n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) described above. The user equipment determinestransmission power to be applied to the uplink control channel of thesubframe based on the value.

The user equipment transmits at least one type of UCI at thetransmission power determined in the uplink control channel (S122). ThePUCCH format is PUCCH format 3 and when at least one type of UCIincludes the acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and theperiodic channel state information (CSI), the PUCCH format dependentvalue is determined based on the number of bits of the ACK/NACK and thenumber of bits of the periodic CSI. That, is, in the case where thetotal sum of the UCI is larger than 11 bits upon single antenna porttransmission or PUCCH format 3 is configured to be transmitted throughtwo antenna ports, it is determined that h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR))the PUCCH format dependent value is equal to(n_(HARQ)+n_(SR)+n_(CQI)−1)/3 and in other cases (for example, in thecase where the total sum of the UCI is equal to or smaller than 11 bitsupon the single antenna port transmission), it may be determined thatdetermined as h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ),n_(SR))=(n_(HARQ)+n_(SR)+n_(CQI)−1)/2. n_(HARQ) represents the number ofbits of the ACK/NACK, n_(CQI) represents the number of bits of theperiodic CSI, and n_(SR) is 1 in the case where the subframe isconfigured for a scheduling, request (SR) and 0 in other cases.

Further, in the case where PUCCH format 3 is configured, and the atleast one type of UCI includes only theacknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) or the scheduling request(SR) without the periodic CSI and the total sum of the UCI is largerthan 11 bits or in the case where the UCI is configured by the higherlayer by transmitting the PUCCH through two antenna ports, the PUCCHformat dependent value (h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR))) may be determinedas h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR))=(n_(HARQ)+n_(SR)−1)/3 and in othercases, (for example, in the case where the total sum of the UCI is equalto or smaller than 11 bits upon the single antenna port transmission),it may be determined that h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ),n_(SR))=(n_(HARQ)+n_(SR)−1)/2.

When the ACK/NACK is transmitted through modulation of the referencesignal symbol included in PUCCH format 3, the number of bits of theACK/NACK transmitted through the modulation of the reference signalsymbol may not be included in n_(HARQ). The ACK/NACK (when the SR ispresent, the SR is also included) may mean the ACK/NACK transmittedjoint-coded with the periodic CSI and may not include the ACK/NACKtransmitted by the modulation of the reference signal symbol.

In Equations 14 and 15, the CSI is transmitted at the transmission poweraccording to the same error requirement as the A/N (and SR) andEquations 14 and 15 may be applied only when the A/N (and SR) is present(that is, in the case of n_(HARQ)+n_(SR)>0).

When the A/N (and SR) is not present and only the CSI is present (thatis, when n_(HARQ)+n_(SR)=0 or when the CSI and the SR are simultaneouslytransmitted by configuring the error requirement of the SR to be thesame as the CSI, n_(HARQ)=0), a separate scheme according to the errorrequirement may be applied.

Alternatively, Equations 14 and 15 may be applied only whenn_(HARQ)+n_(SR)+n_(RI series)>0. Alternatively, when the CSI and the SRare simultaneously transmitted by configuring the error requirement ofthe SR to be the same as the CSI, Equations 14 and 15 may be appliedonly when n_(HARQ)+n_(RI series)>0.

The aforementioned method may be applied only when a PUCCH format 3resource indicated by the ARI is used. That is, in the case of PUCCHformat 3 using one resource designated by the RRC without indication bythe ARI, other scheme may be applied. Alternatively, the aforementionedmethod may be applied may be applied regardless of the presence of theA/N (+SR) for simple implementation.

A-1. Power control configuration method when only UCI having lowpriority is transmitted.

In the related art, in Equation 13, Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) and h(n_(CQI),n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) may be offset values and are determined by a parameter‘deltaF-PUCCH-Format3-r10’. Since the transmission powers of the A/N andthe CSI are determined according to the error requirement of the A/N inmethod A described above, it is preferable that a value applied whenonly the A/N is transmitted is adapted as Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F).

In the case where only the CSI is transmitted (for example, in the casewhere n_(HARQ) ⁺n_(SR)=0 or in the case where the CSI and the SR aresimultaneously transmitted by configuring the error requirement of theSR to be the same as the CSI, n_(HARQ)=0), one of the following methodsmay be used in order to avoid undesired power allocation over the errorrequirement of the CSI.

1) Method of using Δ_(F_PUCCH) (H_(CQI_only)) which is different fromthe case of transmitting only the A/N and using h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ),n_(SR)) which is the same as the case of transmitting only the A/N. Forexample, when the parameter may be represented by Δ_(F_PUCCH)(F_(CQI_only)) in the case where only the CQI is transmitted in aspecific PUCCH format and the parameter is represented by Δ_(F_PUCCH)(F) in the case where only the A/N is transmitted, it may be set thatΔ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI_only))<Δ_(F_PUCCH).

2) Method of using Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI-only)) which is the same as thecase of transmitting only the A/N and using h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR))in which is different from the case of transmitting only the A/N.

For example, in the case where the total number of bits of the A/N, theSR, and the CSI is larger than 11 bits, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) ofEquation 13 may be modified to that of Equation 16 given below and inother cases, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) of Equation 13 may be modifiedto that of Equation 17. Equation 16 may use the dual RM and Equation 17may use the single RM.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {{\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + n_{CQI} - 1}{3} - \delta_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}}} = {\frac{n_{CQI} - 1}{3} - \delta_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{20mu} 16} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {{\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + n_{CQI} - 1}{2} - \delta_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}}} = {\frac{n_{CQI} - 1}{2} - \delta_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 17} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equation given above, δ_(CQI_only)>0.

3) Method of using Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) which is the same as the case oftransmitting only the A/N and h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) in which aseparate weight factor (w_(CQI_only)) which is different from the caseof transmitting only the A/N is defined.

For example, in the case where the total number of bits of the A/N, theSR, and the CSI is larger than 11 bits, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) ofEquation 13 may be modified to that of Equation 18 given below and inother cases, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) of Equation 13 may be modifiedto that of Equation 19. Equation 18 may use the dual RM and Equation 19may use the single RM.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + {w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{3} = \frac{{w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{3}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 18} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + {w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{2} = \frac{{w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{2}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 19} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equations 18 and 19 given above, 0<w_(CQI_only)<1.

4) Method of using Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) which is the same as the case oftransmitting only the A/N and h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) in whichseparate power offset (δ_(CQI_only)) and weight factor (w_(CQI_only))which is different from the case of transmitting only the A/N aredefined.

For example, in the case where the total number of bits of the A/N, theSR, and the CSI is larger than 11 bits, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) ofEquation 13 may be modified to that of Equation 20 given below and inother cases, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) of Equation 13 may be modifiedto that of Equation 21. Equation 20 may use the dual RM and Equation 21may use the single RM.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {{\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + {w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{3} - \delta_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}}} = {\frac{{w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{3} - \delta_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 20} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {{\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + {w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{2} - \delta_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}}} = {\frac{{w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{2} - \delta_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 21} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equations 20 and 2 give above, 0<w_(CQI_only)<1 and δ_(CQI_only) is areal-number value and may be, for example, −1 or 0.

Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI_only)), w_(CQI_only), and δ_(CQI_only) may beapplied only when a value of n_(CQI) is equal to or larger than aspecific value (n_(CQI_threshold)) in 1) to 4) described above. If thevalue of n_(CQI) is smaller than the specific value (n_(CQI_threshold)),Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI_only))=Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F), w_(CQI_only)=1, andδ_(CQI_only)=0 may be set.

Alternatively, 1) to 4) described above may be applied only whenn_(HARQ)+n_(SR)+n_(RI series)=0. This is to maintain an errorrequirement for the RI series information at the same level as A/Nbecause RI series information is relatively high in importance and maybe influence even the number of bits of CSI to be transmitterafterwards.

n_(CQI_threshold) may be set to 4 when the maximum number of bits of theRI series information and 6 when the maximum number of bits of the RIseries information is 5. w_(CQI_only) and δ_(CQI_only) may be appliedonly in cases other than the RI series information.

Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI_only)), w_(CQI_only), and δ_(CQI_only) May beapplied according to a combination of the UCI.

The combination of the UCI may be given by a content combinationindicator (CCI) to be described below.

A-2. Definition of n_(HARQ) when the A/N is transmitted by themodulation of the reference signal symbol in PUCCH format 3.

When the ARI may not be received from the PDCCH, the A/N (and/or SR) maybe transmitted by modulating the reference signal symbol of PUCCH format3 deferred in order to transmit the CSI. That is, a method in which theA/N is transmitted through PUCCH format 3 may include 1) a method inwhich the A/N is transmitted with being joint-coded with the CSI, 2) amethod in which the A/N is transmitted by modulating the referencesignal transmitted in PUCCH format 3, and the like. Two methods that areprovided as described above needs to be reflected to power control.

For example, if the A/N is transmitted by the method of 1), the A/N(and/or SR) in this case, is reflected on n_(HARQ) and when the A/N istransmitted by the method of 2), the A/N (and/or SR) in this case is notreflected on n_(HARQ). The reason is that when the A/N is transmitted bymodulating the reference signal, the number of bits of the A/N may bereflected on Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI-only)).

When the A/N is transmitted by modulating the reference signal like 2)described above, a minimum guarantee value of the transmission power maybe set. For example, assumed is a case in which the A/N is transmittedby modulating the reference signal symbol in PUCCH format 3 and only theCSI is transmitted in a data symbol of PUCCH format 3. In this case,when the transmission power is determined according to only the errorrequirement of the CSI, the error requirement of the A/N may not be met.Therefore, unlike the case in which only the CSI is transmitted throughPUCCH format 3, in the case where the A/N is transmitted together withthe CSI by modulating the reference signal symbol, the transmissionpower is determined to be equal to or larger than the minimum guaranteevalue.

To this end, in the equations described in A and A-1 described above,n_(CQI) may be substituted with max(n_(CQI), n_(CQI_threshold)).Alternatively, in the equations described in A and A-1 described above,h′ of FIG. 22 may be applied instead of h by setting a minimum guaranteevalue (h^(threshold)) of h.h′=max(h,h ^(threshold))  [Equation 22]

A-3. Power Control Setting of a Case where Contents CombinationIndicator (CCI) Exists

The user equipment may joint-code and transmit the CCI and the UCI inorder to notify the combination of the UCIs transmitted from the PUCCHformat 3. In this case, since the bit number of the CCI is added intothe information bits, the bit number of the CCI needs to be reflected tothe transmission power method determined according to the number ofinformation bits.

It is assumed that the bit number of the CCI is N_(CCI). Then, n_(HARQ)may be replaced with n_(HARQ)+N_(CCI) in the aforementioned Equations Ato A-2. However, the CCI may be transmitted by the reference signalmodulation, and in this case, n_(HARQ) is not replaced withn_(HARQ)+N_(CCI). Further, a minimum guarantee value of the transmissionpower of the CCI may be set. For example, it is assumed that the CCI istransmitted by the reference signal symbol modulation of the PUCCHformat 3 and only the CSI is transmitted in the data symbol of the PUCCHformat 3. In this case, unlike the case where only the CSI istransmitted through the PUCCH format 3, in the case where the CCI istransmitted by the reference signal symbol modulation together with theCSI, the transmission power is determined to the minimum guarantee valueor more.

A-4. Offset Application for a Case where A/N is Transmitted by ReferenceSignal Modulation of PUCCH Format 3

The user equipment may not receive the ARI indicating the resource ofthe PUCCH format 3 in the state where the PUCCH format 3 is set. In thiscase, when the user equipment needs to transmit the A/N in thecorresponding subframe, a phase of the reference signal symbol of thePUCCH format 3 is modulated and transmitted, and when the A/N totransmit is not generated and thus the A/N needs not be transmitted,only the CSI may be transmitted. That is, in the state where the PUCCHformat 3 is set, in the case where the ARI indicating the resource ofthe PUCCH format 3 is not received, two cases of transmitting only theCSI or simultaneously transmitting the CSI and the A/N may exist. Thetransmission power needs to be set by dividing the two cases.

1.) Method of using different Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI_only)) from the caseor transmitting only the A/N and the same h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR))as the case of transmitting only the A/N. For example, in the case whereonly the CQI is transmitted to a specific PUCCH format, the parameter isrepresented as Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI_only)), and in the case oftransmitting only the A/N, when the parameter is Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F), theparameter may be set to Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F_(CQI_only))<Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F).

2) Method of using the same Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) as the case of transmittingonly the A/N and different h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) in whichseparate power offset δ_(ANonRS) is defined from the case oftransmitting only the A/N.

For example, in the case where a total bit number of the A/N, the SR,and the CSI exceeds 11 bits, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) of Equation 13may be modified to the following Equation 23, and in other cases, may bemodified to the following Equation 24. Equation 23 may use the doubleRM, and Equation 24 may use the single RM.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {{\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + n_{CQI} - 1}{3}\delta_{ANonRS}} = {\frac{n_{CQI} - 1}{3} - \delta_{ANonRS}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 23} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {{\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + n_{CQI} - 1}{2} - \delta_{ANonRS}} = {\frac{n_{CQI} - 1}{2} - \delta_{ANonRS}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 24} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equations 23 and 24, δ_(CQI_only)>0.

3) Method of using the same Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) as the case of transmittingonly the A/N and different h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) in which aseparate weight factor w_(ANonRS) is defined from the case oftransmitting only the A/N.

For example, in the case where a total bit number of the A/N, the SR,and the CSI exceeds 11 bits, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) of Equation 13may be modified to the following Equation 25, and in other cases, may bemodified to the following Equation 26. Equation 25 may use the doubleRM, and Equation 26 may use the single RM.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {\frac{{w_{ANonRS}\left( {n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + {\cdot n_{CQI}}} \right)} - 1}{3} = \frac{{w_{ANonRS} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{3}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 25} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {\frac{{n_{ANonRS}\left( {n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + {\cdot n_{CQI}}} \right)} - 1}{2} = \frac{{w_{ANonRS} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{2}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 26} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equations 25 and 26, w_(ANonRS) may be a constant (for example, −1).

4) Method of using the same Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) as the case of transmittingonly the A/N and different h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) in which aseparate power offset δ_(ANonRS) and a separate weight factor w_(ANonRS)are defined from the case of transmitting only the A/N.

For example, in the case where a total bit number of the A/N, the SR,and the CSI exceeds 11 bits, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) of Equation 13may be modified to the following Equation 27, and in other cases, may bemodified to the following Equation 28. Equation 27 may use the doubleRM, and Equation 28 may use the single RM.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {{\frac{{w_{ANonRS}\left( {n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + n_{CQI}} \right)} - 1}{3} - \delta_{ANonRS}} = {\frac{{w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{3} - \delta_{ANonRS}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 27} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {{\frac{{w_{ANonRS}\left( {n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} + n_{CQI}} \right)} - 1}{2} - \delta_{ANonRS}} = {\frac{{w_{{CQI}\text{-}{only}} \cdot n_{CQI}} - 1}{2} - \delta_{ANonRS}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 28} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equations 27 and 28, w_(ANonRS) may be a constant (for example, −1).

B. Method of controlling transmission power by applying weighted valuesto UCIs for each priority (error requirement) when all UCIs arejoint-coded and transmitted.

In the case where joint-coding is used in all the UCIs, whenpreprocessing (for example, precoding is performed in a UCI having highpriority) is performed in a UCI_raw, or when an average errorrequirement is fit according to a UCI component ratio, the transmissionpower may be determined by applying a high weighted value to a payloadof the UCI having high priority and applying a low weighted value to apayload of a UCI having low priority.

For example, a weighted value w_(HARQ) applied to an A/N(+SR) may applya weighted value which is higher than a weighted value w_(CQI) appliedto the CSI. In the PUCCH format 3, when a single RM or a double RM isselectively applied according to a bit number, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ),n_(SR)) may be determined according to the following Equations 29 and30. In the case where a total bit number of the A/N, the SR, and the CSIexceeds 11 bits, h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) of Equation 13 may bemodified to the following Equation 29, and in other cases, may bemodified to the following Equation 30. Equation 29 may use the doubleRM, and Equation 30 may use the single RM.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \frac{{w_{HARQ}\left( {n_{HARQ} + n_{SR}} \right)} + {w_{CQI}n_{CQI}} - 1}{3}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 29} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \frac{{w_{HARQ}\left( {n_{HARQ} + n_{SR}} \right)} + {w_{CQI}n_{CQI}} - 1}{2}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 30} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

If the error requirement of the A/N is not fit and an increase in anerror ratio according to CSI multiplexing is permitted, the weightedvalue may be set as w_(HARQ)=1 and w_(CQI)≤. This may be applied to acase where power requirement per unit resource required for normalreception is reduced, due to an increase in the number of resources tobe mapped in the A/N bits in the preprocessing. Further, due tow_(CQI)≤1, power which is consumed unnecessarily to the CSI transmissionmay be decreased.

C. Method of setting transmission power by setting a weighted value to aUCI for each priority (error requirement) when each UCI is individuallycoded and transmitted.

In the case where individual coding is applied for each UCI group,allocation of resource elements (RE) of the PUCCH may be controlled byan error requirement required for each UCI group. In this case, eventhough the UCI_raw bit number is the same for each UCI group, thetransmission power needs to be differently controlled.

For example, a case where the UCI_raw is configured by A/N 10 bit and acase where the UCI_raw is configured by CSI 10 bits are assumed.According to each case, the transmission power needs to be differentlycontrolled. The reason is that the error requirement of each UCI varies.

When h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) is give as the following Equation 31,the weighted value may be controlled to w_(HARQ)≥w_(CQI).h(n _(CQI) ,n _(HARQ) ,n _(SR))=w _(HARQ)(n _(HARQ) +n _(SR))+w _(CQI) n_(CQI) +C  [Equation 31]

If n_(CQI)=0 and n_(HARQ)+n_(SR)≤11, the Equation 31 may be configuredas the following Equation 32. This is to maintain the same transmissionpower as the case of transmitting only the A/N.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \frac{\left( {n_{HARQ} + n_{SR}} \right) + {w_{CQI}^{\prime}n_{CQI}} - 1}{2}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 32} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equations 31 and 32, in the case where the coding technique ischanged according to a bit number, the weighted values may be set foreach coding technique.

In Equations 31 and 32, when a UCI group having high priority is a group1 and a UCI group having next high priority is a group 2, the groups 1and 2 may be classified as follows.

1) Group 1={A/N, SR}, Group 2={RI, PTI, W1, W2, CQI}

2) Group 1={A/N, SR, RI, PTI, W1}, Group 2={W2, CQI}, in this case, aweighted value w_(Group1) applied to the group 1 may be larger than aweighted value w_(Group2) applied to the group 2. In this case,h(n_(Group1), n_(Group2))=w_(Group1) n_(Group1)+w_(Group2) n_(Group2)+Cmay be given. That is, the RI, the TPI, the W1, and the like whichinfluence the next information transmission among the CSIs give the samepriority as the A/N.

3) Group 1={A/N, SR}, Group 2={RI, PTI, W1}, and Group 3={W2, CQI}, inthis case, a weighted value w_(Group1) applied to the group 1, aweighted value w_(Group2) applied to the group 2, and a weighted valuew_(Group3) applied to the group 3 may bew_(Group1)>w_(Group2)>w_(Group3). The RI, the TPI, the W1, and the likewhich influence the next information transmission among the CSIs give alower priority than the A/N and a higher priority than the CQI. When thegroups 2 and 3 are joint-coded, the aforementioned methods A and B maybe used.

D. Method of controlling transmission power according to an allocationratio of a PUCCH resource to which the coded bit of the UCI having thehighest priority (error requirement), when each UCI is individuallycoded and transmitted.

In the case of the PUCCH format 3, a total of 48 resource elements (RE)may be used. That is, N^(PUCCH) _(RE)=24 represents the number of PUCCHavailable resource elements per slot. In one RE, one modulation symbolmay be transmitted. If the UCI is individually coded and the number ofREs to be transmitted by the UCI_coded for each UCI is determinedaccording to an error requirement, A/N(+SR) may receive only the REshaving the number which is smaller than a case where only the A/N(+SR)is transmitted in the related art. The reason is that some PUCCH REs areallocated to the CSI. The existing transmission power equation isdetermined based on the number of REs when only the A/N(+SR) istransmitted, and if the existing transmission power equation is equallyused when the A/N(+SR) receives the REs having the decreased number, theerror requirement may not be satisfied.

In order to solve the problem, considering a ratio of the number of REs(represented by n^(Group1) RE based on one slot, and in the case of theA/N, represented by n^(A/N) _(RE)) allocated in the UCI group having thehighest priority and the number of available REs (represented byN^(PUCCH) _(RE) based on one slot) of the entire PUCCH format, thetransmission power may be determined. For example, when the number ofREs allocated to the UCI group having top priority is decreased, thetransmission power of the UCI group having the top priority is decreasedaccording to a ratio of the decreased number of REs and the number ofavailable REs of the entire PUCCH format.

Alternatively, the transmission power may be compensated by a ratio ofthe entire available resource (for example, bit number) of the PUCCH andan allocation resource (bit number). This may be represented as thefollowing Equations 33 and 34. That is, in the case where a total bitnumber of the A/N, the SR, and the CSI exceeds 11 bits, h(n_(CQI),n_(HARQ), n_(SR)) of Equation 13 may be modified to the followingEquation 33, and in other cases, may be modified to the followingEquation 34. Equation 33 may use the double RM, and Equation 34 may usethe single RM.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{RE}^{AN},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} - 1}{3} \cdot \frac{N_{RE}^{PUCCH}}{n_{RE}^{AN}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 33} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{RE}^{AN},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} - 1}{2} \cdot \frac{N_{RE}^{PUCCH}}{n_{RE}^{AN}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 34} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

When the UCI is grouped and a UCI group 1 is configured by {A/N, SR, RI,PTI, W1}, Equations 33 and 34 may be sequentially generalized like thefollowing Equations 35 and 36.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{RE}^{{Group}\; 1},n_{{Group}\; 1}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{Group} - 1}{3} \cdot \frac{N_{RE}^{PUCCH}}{n_{RE}^{{Group}\; 1}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 35} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{RE}^{{Group}\; 1},n_{{Group}\; 1}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{Group} - 1}{2} \cdot \frac{N_{RE}^{PUCCH}}{n_{RE}^{{Group}\; 1}}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 36} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

Equations 33 and 34 represent h as one equation, and after h iscalculated like existing Equation 13, the transmission power may bedetermined by giving an offset having a ratio such as N^(PUCCH)_(RE)/n^(Group1) _(RE) as a function. That is, Equations 33 and 34 maybe sequentially represented like the following Equations 37 and 38.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{RE}^{AN},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} - 1}{3} - {\delta\left( \frac{N_{RE}^{PUCCH}}{n_{RE}^{AN}} \right)}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 37} \right\rbrack \\{{h\left( {n_{RE}^{AN},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{HARQ} + n_{SR} - 1}{2} - {\delta\left( \frac{N_{RE}^{PUCCH}}{n_{RE}^{AN}} \right)}}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 38} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In the case where the REs to which the UCI_coded of a specific UCI group(for example, UCI group 1) is allocated are decreased, a code ratio forthe specific UCI group is increased. A correction value for compensatingfor the increased code ratio may be applied to the transmission powercontrol. The following Equation 39 is an example applying the correctionvalues b, c, and d. In the example, when there is no UCI of the UCIgroup 1, the following Equation may be modified to the UCI group 2.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{RE}^{{Group}\; 1},n_{{Group}\; 1}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{{Group}\; 1} - 1}{2} \cdot \frac{N_{RE}^{PUCCH} + d}{n_{RE}^{{Group}\; 1} + c} \cdot b}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 39} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

Further, in Equation 39, the number of REs allocated to the specific UCIgroup may be limited to be set to only a minimum guarantee valueN^(threshold) _(RE) or more. That is, Equation 39 may be modified likethe following Equation 40.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{RE}^{{Group}\; 1},n_{{Group}\; 1}} \right)} = {\frac{n_{{Group}\; 1} - 1}{2} \cdot \frac{N_{RE}^{PUCCH} + d}{{\max\left( {n_{RE}^{{Group}\; 1},N_{RE}^{threshould}} \right)} + c} \cdot b}} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 40} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

Further, in Equations 39 and 40, h may be set to h′, and h′ if may bemax(h, h^(threshold)). That is, h is set to guarantee the minimumtransmission power of the specific UCI group.

E. Definition of n_(HARQ) when the A/N is transmitted to the PUCCHformat 2/2a/2b together with the CSI

In a situation where two cells are set to the user equipment, the A/Nfor a primary cell (in detail, DL PCC) may be transmitted through thePUCCH format 2/2a/2b. In more detail, the A/N may be transmitted throughsecond reference signal symbol modulation of the PUCCH format 2/2a/2b.In addition, the A/N for a secondary cell (DL SCC) is joint-coded withthe CSI and transmitted.

In this case, an existing method of controlling transmission power forthe PUCCH format 2/2a/2b (normal CP) may be modified like the followingEquation 41.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{10{\log_{10}\left( \frac{n_{CQI} + n_{HARQ}}{4} \right)}} & {{{if}\mspace{14mu} n_{CQI}} \geq 4} \\0 & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 41} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

In Equation 41, n_(HARQ) becomes a bit number of the A/N for thesecondary cell without considering the bit number of the A/N for theprimary cell. In the case where the A/N is transmitted through thereference signal modulation, the bit number of the A/N is not reflectedto n_(HARQ). This is because the bit number of the A/N is reflected toΔ_(F_PUCCH) (F).

In a situation where two cells are set to the user equipment, the A/Nfor the primary cell and the A/N for the secondary cell may bejoint-coded with the CSI and transmitted. In this case, the A/N to whichspatial bundling is applied for each cell may be transmitted. Even inthis case, the existing method of controlling the transmission powerneeds to be modified. That is, n_(HARQ) may be an actual final hitnumber of the A/N joint-coded and transmitted.

For example, in the case where the user equipment receives two codewordsonly in the primary cell, the user equipment may transmit the A/N forthe primary cell of 1 bit by spatial bundling, and transmit the A/Nfield for the secondary cell which is filled similarly as the NACK. Inthis case, n_(HARQ)=1 according to the bundled A/N 1 bit of the primarycell. If the user equipment receives the codeword even in the secondarycell, n_(HARQ)=2. h(n_(CQI), n_(HARQ), N_(SR)) required for determiningthe transmission power in the PUCCH format 2/2a/2b (normal CP) may berepresented by the following Equation 42.

$\begin{matrix}{{h\left( {n_{CQI},n_{HARQ},n_{SR}} \right)} = \left\{ \begin{matrix}{10{\log_{10}\left( \frac{n_{CQI} + n_{HARQ}}{4} \right)}} & {{{{if}\mspace{14mu} n_{CQI}} + n_{HARQ}} \geq 4} \\0 & {otherwise}\end{matrix} \right.} & \left\lbrack {{Equation}\mspace{14mu} 42} \right\rbrack\end{matrix}$

F. Classification of PUCCH format for Δ_(F_PUCCH) (X), when PUCCH format3 is used

In an existing LTE-A Rel-10, a case where the user equipment transmitsthe A/N by using the PUCCH format 3 is just a case where the userequipment transmits the A/N for a multiple cell. Accordingly, in thiscase, Δ_(F_PUCCH) (PUCCH format 3) is applied to Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F).

However, in LTE-A Rel-11, multiplexing and transmitting the A/N for themultiple cells and the CSI through the PUCCH format may be supported.Accordingly, using an existing Δ_(F_PUCCH) (PUCCH format 3) as it is maybe inefficient. Accordingly, PUCCH format X to apply Δ_(F_PUCCH) (X) maybe subdivided like the following Table.

TABLE 9 Classification of PUCCH format X for power control Index UCIcombination (Δ_(F)_PUCCH (X)) 1 Exist only in A/N for multiple cellsPUCCHformat 3 (or A/N transmitted by resource (apply the same errorindicated by ARI) requirement as A/N) 2 A/N for multiple cells (or A/Ntransmitted by resource indicated by ARE) and CSI (Joint coding) 3 A/Nfor single cell (or A/N transmitted without ARI) and CSI (Joint coding)4 Exist only CSI (a case where some CSI (for example, RI, PTI, WI,(PMI), or only CIS in the same format exist(s)) or CSI and A/N havingthe same error requirement) 5 Exist only CSI PUCCH format 3A (Fit CSIerror requirement to Δ_(F)_PUCCH (X)) 6 A/N for single cell (or A/NPUCCH format 3B0 transmitted without ARI) and CSI (Control according to(1-bit A/N is transmitted by reference signal reference signalmodulation) modulation) 7 CCI and any UCI (1-bit CCI is transmitted byreference signal modulation) 8 A/N for single cell (or A/N PUCCH format3B1 transmitted without ARI) and CSI (Control according to (2-bit A/N istransmitted by reference signal reference signal modulation) modulation)9 CCI and any UCI (2-bit CCI is transmitted by reference signalmodulation) A/N for single cell (or A/N PUCCH format 3C transmittedwithout ARI) and CSI (Control according to (individual coding)individual coding) A/N for multiple cells (or A/N transmitted byresource indicated by ARI) and CSI (individual coding)

In Table 1, the indexes {1} and {2, 3, 4} may be classified by differentformats because a permitted UCI combination varies according to aversion (release) operated by the user equipment. In the fitting of thesame error requirement as the A/N, the same offset value may be appliedby the indexes {1} and {2, 3, 4}, but different values may be applied.

In Table 9, the indexes {4} and {5} may be classified according to a CSIcontent. In the case of being applied to {4}, a UCI having a relativelyhigh error requirement which influences subsequent CSI transmission maybe included in addition to the RI.

Meanwhile, in Table 9, {4} and {5} are classified by whether the errorrequirement is reflected from any place when Only he CSI exists. Unlike{1, 2, 3}, the error requirement may be separately reflected byoffsetting, but the error requirement may be reflected by varying h by aseparate condition in the same format.

Alternatively, in Table 9, in order to simplify the implementation, theformat 3B0 may be integrated with the format 3B1.

In Table 9, the same format means using the same Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F). Eventhough a format title varies according to the UCI combination, in thecase of the same format title, the same Δ_(F_PUCCH) (F) is used.

G. Setting of n_(CQI) value applied to transmission power control ofPUCCH in the case where a length (bit number) of a CQI bit field isdetermined based on the set cell, when the A/N and the CSI aremultiplexed to the PUCCH format.

In an existing LTE-A, when the CSI is transmitted to the PUCCH format 2,the CSI is transmitted to only the activated cell. When CSIs for aplurality of activated cells collide with each other in the CSItransmission subframe, according to a priority rule predeterminedaccording to a CSI reporting type and a subcarrier index value, only theCSI for one cell having high priority is transmitted, and the CSIs forother cells are dropped.

Here, a length of an input CSI bit field of an RM encoder used bychannel coding of the PUCCH format 2 by the user equipment is determinedby the selected CSI reporting type to be actually transmitted.

Meanwhile, as described above, in the case where the A/N and the CSI aremultiplexed and transmitted in the PUCCH format (for example, PUCCHformat 3), the length of the input CSI bit field of an RM encoder usedby channel coding is selected based on the set cell unlike the casewhere only the CSI is transmitted to the PUCCH format 2, and as aresult, selection of the coding technique (that is, single RM or doubleRM), setting of a rate matching ratio of the A/N and the CSI, and thelike may be performed. Here, since CSI information for the deactivatedcell is not useful, the CSI content (CSI reporting type) which isactually transmitted to the corresponding CSI bit field may become avalue selected based on the activated cell like the PUCCH format 2, andthe remaining bits may be filled by 0 (or 1). That is, the length of theCSI bit field may be larger than or the same as the bit number of theCSI reporting type actually transmitted.

The reason for determining the length of the CSI bit field based on theset cell as described above is that the length of the CSI bit field mayvary by the priority rule when misalignment for cellactivation/deactivation between the user equipment and the base stationoccurs in the case where the length of the CSI bit field is set based onthe activated cell, and as a result, the selection of the codingtechnique or the setting of a rate matching ratio of the A/N and the CSIvaries, thereby influence even decoding of the CSI and the A/N.

Accordingly, when the length of the CSI bit field and the bit number ofthe CSI reporting type transmitted from the CSI bit field are differentfrom each other, n_(CQI) applied to the PUCCH power control may use oneof two methods below.

1) Method of setting a n_(CQI) value to a bit number of the CSIreporting type actually transmitted: In the case where misalignment forthe CIS content does not occur because the misalignment for cellactivation/deactivation between the user equipment and the base stationoccurs, since the base station may know information on the length of theCSI content transmitted actually, the decoder of the base station hasonly to perform full search for the CSI content transmitted actuallywithout requiring the full search with respect to the combination of allthe CSI bit fields. Accordingly, it is sufficient to allocate thetransmission power according to the bit number of the CSI reporting typetransmitted actually (for example, the bit number of the CSI reportingtype selected based on the activated cell). As a result, in the casewhere an error of cell activation/deactivation occurs small, foreffective management of the transmission power of the user equipment, itis useful to set the n_(CQI) value to the bit number of the CSIreporting type transmitted actually instead of the length of the CSI bitfield.

Method of setting n_(CQI) value to length of CSI bit field: Since themisalignment of cell activation/deactivation between the user equipmentand the base station occurs, the misalignment even in the CSI contentmay occur. In this case, a basis sequence which is unexpected by thebase station may be included in the CSI content transmitted by the userequipment. For example, in the case where more CSI contents than the CSIcontents selected based on the activated cell without an error isselected by the error, the basis sequence in which excess CSI bits aremapped may be included. In the case of attempting the decoding withoutconsidering this, decoding performance of the entire encoded bitsincluding the A/N may deteriorate. Accordingly, when the error of cellactivation/deactivation occurs large, even though the decoder of thebase station attempts the decoding by fully researching the combinationof the entire CSI bit fields, it is useful to sufficiently allocate thetransmission power by setting the n_(CQI) value to the length of the CSIbit field (for example, the bit number selected based on the set cell)so that there is no performance degradation.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a base station and userequipment in which the embodiment of the present invention isimplemented.

A base station 100 includes a processor 110, a memory 120, and a radiofrequency (RF) unit 130. The processor 110 implements a function, aprocess, and/or a method which are proposed. Layers of a wirelessinterface protocol may be implemented by the processor 110. Theprocessor 110 sets a PUCCH format in which user equipment will transmitUCI through a higher layer signal such as an RRC message, transmits theuser equipment a reference signal and data, and receives the UCI fromthe user equipment. The memory 120 is connected with the processor 110to store various pieces of information for driving the processor 110.The RF unit 130 is connected with the processor 110 to transport and/orreceive the radio signal.

A UE 200 includes a processor 210, a memory 220, and an RF unit 230. Theprocessor 210 implements a function, a process, and/or a method whichare proposed. Layers of a wireless interface protocol may be implementedby the processor 210. The processor 210 sets the PUCCH format throughthe higher layer signal and sets the serving cells. The processor 210determines transmission power to be applied to a PUCCH based on asubordinate to the PUCCH format and thereafter, transmits at least onetype of UCI through the PUCCH at the transmission power. The memory 220is connected with the processor 210 to store various pieces ofinformation for driving the processor 210. The RF unit 230 is connectedwith the processor 210 to transport and/or receive the radio signal.

The processors 110 and 210 may include an application-specificintegrated circuit (ASIC), another chip set, a logic circuit and/or adata processing apparatus. The memories 120 and 220 may include aread-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a flash memory, amemory card, a storage medium, and/or another storage device. The RFunits 130 and 230 may include a baseband circuit for processing theradio signal. When the embodiment is implemented by software, theaforementioned technique may be implemented by a module (a process, afunction, and the like) that performs the aforementioned function. Themodule may be stored in the memories 120 and 220, and executed by theprocessors 110 and 210. The memories 120 and 220 may be provided insideor outside the processors 110 and 210 and connected with the processors110 and 210 by various well-known means.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method, comprising: transmitting, by a basestation, data to a user equipment (UE); and receiving, by the basestation, at least one type of uplink control information (UCI) that istransmitted from the UE through a physical uplink control channel(PUCCH) of a subframe, wherein transmission power of the PUCCH isdetermined by the UE based on a PUCCH format dependent value, and whenthe UE transmits acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK)information for the data and periodic channels state information (CSI)using a PUCCH format 3: if the PUCCH format 3 is configured to betransmitted through two antenna ports or if a total sum of the ACK/NACKinformation and the periodic CSI is larger than 11 bits, the PUCCHformat dependent value is determined based on the following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR+nCQI−1)/3, wherein h(nCQI, nHARQ, nSR)represents the PUCCH format dependent value, nHARQ represents a numberof bits of the ACK/NACK information, nCQI represents a number of bits ofthe periodic CSI, and nSR is 1 or 0; or if PUCCH format 3 is configuredto be transmitted through a single antenna port and if a total sum ofthe ACK/NACK information and the periodic CSI is equal to or smallerthan 11 bits, the PUCCH format dependent value is determined based onthe following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR+nCQI−1)/2.
 2. The method of claim 1,wherein the PUCCH format 3 is a PUCCH format that uses quadrature phaseshift keying (QPSK) as a modulation scheme and in which 48 bits can betransmitted.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein when the UE transmitssecond ACK/NACK information and a scheduling request (SR) through thePUCCH format 3: if a total sum of the second ACK/NACK information andthe SR is larger than 11 bits or if the UE is configured to transmit thePUCCH format 3 on two antenna ports, the PUCCH format dependent value isdetermined based on the following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR−1)/3; or otherwise, the PUCCH formatdependent value is determined based on the following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR−1)/2.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein thenSR is 1 if a subframe used for transmitting the at least one type ofUCI is configured for a scheduling request (SR) for the UE not havingany associated transport block for uplink shared channel (UL-SCH), andthe nSR is 0 in other cases.
 5. A base station, comprising: at least onehardware processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storagemedium coupled to the at least one hardware processor and storingprogramming instructions for execution by the at least one hardwareprocessor, wherein the programming instructions, when executed, causethe at least one hardware processor to perform operations comprising:transmitting data to a user equipment (UE); and receiving at least onetype of uplink control information (UCI) that is transmitted from the UEthrough a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) of a subframe, whereintransmission power of the PUCCH is determined by the UE based on a PUCCHformat dependent value, and when the UE transmitsacknowledgement/negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information for thedata and periodic channels state information (CSI) using a PUCCH format3: if the PUCCH format 3 is configured to be transmitted through twoantenna ports or if a total sum of the ACK/NACK information and theperiodic CSI is larger than 11 bits, the PUCCH format dependent value isdetermined based on the following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR+nCQI−1)/3, wherein h(nCQI, nHARQ, nSR)represents the PUCCH format dependent value, nHARQ represents a numberof bits of the ACK/NACK information, nCQI represents a number of bits ofthe periodic CSI, and nSR is 1 or 0; or if PUCCH format 3 is configuredto be transmitted through a single antenna port and if a total sum ofthe ACK/NACK information and the periodic CSI is equal to or smallerthan 11 bits, the PUCCH format dependent value is determined based onthe following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR+nCQI−1)/2.
 6. The base station of claim 5,wherein the PUCCH format 3 is a PUCCH format that uses quadrature phaseshift keying (QPSK) as a modulation scheme and in which 48 bits can betransmitted.
 7. The base station of claim 5, wherein when the UEtransmits second ACK/NACK information and a scheduling request (SR)through the PUCCH format 3: if a total sum of the second ACK/NACKinformation and the SR is larger than 11 bits or if the UE is configuredto transmit the PUCCH format 3 on two antenna ports, the PUCCH formatdependent value is determined based on the following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR−1)/3; or otherwise, the PUCCH formatdependent value is determined based on the following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR−1)/2.
 8. A non-transitory computer-readablemedium storing instructions which, when executed, cause a computingdevice to perform operations comprising: transmitting data to a userequipment (UE); and receiving at least one type of uplink controlinformation (UCI) that is transmitted from the UE through a physicaluplink control channel (PUCCH) of a subframe, wherein transmission powerof the PUCCH is determined by the UE based on a PUCCH format dependentvalue, and when the UE transmits acknowledgement/negativeacknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information for the data and periodicchannels state information (CSI) using a PUCCH format 3: if the PUCCHformat 3 is configured to be transmitted through two antenna ports or ifa total sum of the ACK/NACK information and the periodic CSI is largerthan 11 bits, the PUCCH format dependent value is determined based onthe following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR+nCQI−1)/3, wherein h(nCQI, nHARQ, nSR)represents the PUCCH format dependent value, nHARQ represents a numberof bits of the ACK/NACK information, nCQI represents a number of bits ofthe periodic CSI, and nSR is 1 or 0; or if PUCCH format 3 is configuredto be transmitted through a single antenna port and if a total sum ofthe ACK/NACK information and the periodic CSI is equal to or smallerthan 11 bits, the PUCCH format dependent value is determined based onthe following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR+nCQI−1)/2.
 9. The base station of claim 5,wherein the nSR is 1 if a subframe used for transmitting the at leastone type of UCI is configured for a scheduling request (SR) for the UEnot having any associated transport block for uplink shared channel(UL-SCH), and the nSR is 0 in other cases.
 10. The non-transitorycomputer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the PUCCH format 3 is aPUCCH format that uses quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) as amodulation scheme and in which 48 bits can be transmitted.
 11. Thenon-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein when the UEtransmits second ACK/NACK information and a scheduling request (SR)through the PUCCH format 3: if a total sum of the second ACK/NACKinformation and the SR is larger than 11 bits or if the UE is configuredto transmit the PUCCH format 3 on two antenna ports, the PUCCH formatdependent value is determined based on the following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR−1)/3; or otherwise, the PUCCH formatdependent value is determined based on the following equation:h(nCQI,nHARQ,nSR)=(nHARQ+nSR−1)/2.
 12. The non-transitorycomputer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the nSR is 1 if a subframeused for transmitting the at least one type of UCI is configured for ascheduling request (SR) for the UE not having any associated transportblock for uplink shared channel (UL-SCH), and the nSR is 0 in othercases.